The Birds of Islay and Jura Published February 2026

Friday, 28 August 2026

Friday 28th August

Dry, mostly sunny, with light northerly winds.

There were 3 migrant White Wagtails at Ghiol on The Oa seen by David D. this morning and a Carrion Crow at Kilnaughton found by Fiona McG. Down at Claddach Mary R. had 3 White-tailed Eagles plus groups of 10 and 3 Choughs. Along the coast she counted groups of 93 and 60 Shags with others in the sea accompanied by 12 Bottle-nosed and 1 Common Dolphin. David Boggon had a further 2 White-tailed Eagles over the Sound of Islay.

1 comment:

colin mcgregor said...

Great day for Golf at the Machrie sunny and a little breezy, halfway down the drive on the left a Golden Eagle was flying low, dipped into the vegetation, out of sight a couple of times then sat on a fence post before going to ground again. Assume it went to ground to feed on some prey.
Great end to the day, having started with a Kingfisher fly past along the sea wall at Shore House (rental) a great venue for bird spotting over the bay.