A couple of blustery days with cold, sometimes quite strong northerly and westerly winds and icy showers between sunshine.
Ched & Nigel Barratt were out in all weathers on both days. On Tuesday they recorded:
Bowmore: 2 Red Throated Divers. Ardnave: 2-3 Hen Harriers, 2 White-tailed Eagles, 3 Choughs, Immature Golden Eagle, 2 Great Northern Divers. Loch Gorm: a single Wheatear. Kilchoman/Machir Beach: 2 Choughs another Golden Eagle and 160 White-fronted Geese. Port Charlotte: 28 Eiders. Black Rock: A Merlin, 27 Bar-tailed Godwits and 3 Brent Geese.
Today they spent a bit of time on Islay and on Jura:
Morning on Jura: Craighouse garden feeder with 6 Greenfinches, 2 White-tailed Eagles south of Craighouse, Hen Harrier by Jura House, another plus a Golden Eagle between Jura House and Feolin and 2 Great Northern Divers by the ferry.
Later, back on Islay: Finlaggan: Pair of Goldeneye and 3 Sand Martins. Loch Ballygrant: 16 Tufted Ducks and a Hen Harrier. Barr Farm/Cattadale: A Golden Eagle. Loch Tallant: 70 Golden Plover.
David Clugston was another birder braving the vagaries of the weather today and sent in the following sightings: a Greenshank and 2 Grey Plover at the mouth of the River Sorn, an adult White-tailed Eagle and a Hen Harrier near Laggan bridge with Greenfinches and Siskins on feeders at Bridgend.
The only other bird news is that a small group of colour-ringed/collared Greenland White-fronted Geese from County Mayo in Ireland are lurking in the Kilchoman area and Ed B. sent in a request for anyone interested to go and have a look to try and read the rings/collars.
I spent an hour or so trying playback at Kildalton Woods in the vain hope of confirming the sound record of a Nuthatch from a couple of days ago. No luck, but the weather wasn't great, so maybe worth another try as the habitat looks good.
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