The hot, dry, sunny weather continues................
The RAFOS team reported that the drake Velvet Scoter that turns up every summer on Easter Ellister loch has turned up again - it must be an ancient bird! It was accompanied by not one, but two female scoters reported as also being Velvet, though in previous years it has always been accompanied by a female Common Scoter. It would be good to check them out....
Elsewhere, Andrew Lear found a pair of Kestrels at Port Askaig, while Steven and Julia Garner hiked to the top of Beinn Bheiger and confirmed that despite the invigorating climb, birds are few and far between up there! Their best find was a Grasshopper Warbler halfway up the climb.
Our American birding friend Darrell Lawson found a Snow Goose on Loch Gorm and provided the photo below - an interesting/rare find, but as always with this species, its origins are suspect.
By way of contrast, Fiona McG. sent in this lovely photo of a very common bird caught in full flight by a camera trap at Shorefield near Bruichladdich today.
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Yesterday at a remote location on a WeBS walk-in to site; with our sub team m(s), of RAF Ornithological Society members. We (Sue and myself); found a breeding pair of Chough. Or so we thought. So I’ve asked David Wood on protocols via The RSPB Oa Reserve; Managers; on releasing colour rings (scheme) and sute location (if able); for you. John and Sue WELLS via - Team Leader Jan and Richard Knight.
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