Friday 6th September

Been a great day out here today, but just a wee while ago there was a heavy shower of rain and now the sun is out again although there is a grey sky, the light is something else, going to be another great sunset. Earlier on, there was a bunch of folk over at Saligo out with their surfboards..... As you may have gathered, not much on the  bird front tonight...On one of the stubble fields at Rockside there were around 500 Greylags, on the telegraph wires, some more young Swallows around, and also the last few days more young Goldfinches around as well. There was a small group of 9 Chough fly low overhead at lunchtime, just being nosey, and noisy at the same time as there can be sometimes, just keeping an eye on what's going on!!

Sunday 23rd December

A better day today, but do not speak too soon as tomorrow looks like a wee cracker, the weather map tonight shows Islay covered in green... something to do with a lot of rain for those of you who do not receive our weather forecasts, predicting a lot of rain, so it will not be a white Christmas after all! Peter had been round Loch Gorm this afternoon. Over at Ballinaby, in the stubble turnip field opposite to where the Whitefronts were caught the other week, Peter counted over 300 Greylags and also saw 23 out of the 31 Whitefronts that had neck collars fitted to them. Due to the strong winds, he could not manage to read the actual collars as the car was getting bounced about by the wind! Peter also had 50 Lapwing and a Sparrowhawk there too.