Sunday 10th February

Quite a damp day, with the wind still in the east.

Two visiting birders reported single Pink-footed Geese: Gill found one with Barnacles at Finlaggan in the early afternoon, while, in the late afternoon, Nick Parsons saw one in a Barnacle Goose flock just east of Bridgend Woods. They both agreed that they were different birds. 

Gill did well with raptors during the day, with, in the morning, a Merlin along the Glen road, and a young White-tailed Eagle and adult Golden Eagle at Bunnahabhain, while she had the same combination along the Glen road in the afternoon.

Here's Gill's Pink-footed Goose, an adult from the neat parallel barring on the wing coverts.

 P.S. Theo has kindly followed up the report of an Iceland Gull in yesterday's blog and informs us that it was submitted in error and has been withdrawn. So, in this so far very poor winter for white-winged gulls, we await the first sighting of this species.