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03.02.2025

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Sunday 2nd February Will Scott, on his first day here, covered quite a lot of ground and, despite the rather murky start to the day (though...

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02.02.2025

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Friday 31st January 2025 My apologies to George Jackson who, responding to my appeal for records at the beginning of the week, e-mailed so...

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02.02.2025

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Saturday 1st February 2025 Some not quite Islay records have been sent in by visiting birder, Will Scott, on the ferry from Kennacraig this...

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31.01.2025

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Tuesday 28th to Thursday 30th January 2025 Thank you, Clive McK, for contributing the first bird record this week! And it's an interesting...

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28.01.2025

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Friday 24th to Monday 27th January 2025 No sooner does Peter go away, leaving me to look after the blog, than the bird records dry up. The...

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24.01.2025

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Thursday 23rd January 2025 The only bird records received today were from Morven Laurie of NatureScot sending the results of the goose cens...

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23.01.2025

Islay Birds: Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd January

Two more pleasant winter days - some rain this morning, but otherwise quite light winds, dry and sunny at times. It is difficult to believe ...

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21.01.2025

Islay Birds: Sunday 19th & Monday 20th January

Two further days of dry, not too cold or windy weather with splashes of sunshine between the clouds. Despite OK sort of weather, there is no...

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19.01.2025

Islay Birds: Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Saturday 18th January

Three days of fairly cloudy, but dry weather, with a light cool breeze. I was out with David Jardine briefly on Thursday morning, watching ...

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16.01.2025

Islay Birds: Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th January

Two days with moderately OK weather - light winds, cool but not freezing and with some good amounts sunshine. Yesterday Ed B. down at Loch C...

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14.01.2025

Islay Birds: Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th & Monday 13th January

The weather has changed back from cold, with crisp, fairly calm and sunny days, to fairly mild, damp and rainy with a bit more breeze. Regar...

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11.01.2025

Islay Birds: Thursday 9th and Friday 10th January

Two days of cold northerly weather, but nice and sunny with light winds and probably the lowest temperatures of the winter so far. On Thursd...

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09.01.2025

Islay Birds: Monday 6th, Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January

Weather on Monday and Tuesday was variable with some cloud and icy showers between sunnier spells. There were no bird sightings for either d...

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06.01.2025

Islay Birds: Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January

Despite fairly pleasant, dry, sunny weather with light, but chilly winds from a more northerly direction (while lots of other places across ...

Islay Birds

02.01.2025

Islay Birds: Tuesday 31st December 2024 & Wednesday 1st January 2025

The last day of the year was another of unpleasant weather, but the New Year started brilliantly with, for much of the day, clear blue skie...

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31.12.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 29th & Monday 30th December

Two further days of fairly miserable weather - windy, grey and wet! Yesterday, newly arrived Pete Twist braved the elements seeing amongst o...

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29.12.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 28th December

Another day of grey skies, light winds and drizzle, clearing slightly in the afternoon. Mary Redman sent in some Christmas bird notes includ...

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28.12.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 26th & Friday 27th December

Two more days of fairly mild, dreary weather with lots of cloud, occasional drizzle and light winds. After the surfeit of Turkeys on Christm...

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26.12.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 25th December

Mild and mostly dry with light winds and even a little sunshine at times - definitely no recipe for a White Christmas. I took a walk at Loch...

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25.12.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 24th December

Another mainly grey day, but very mild with little wind and not too much drizzle. Dave Edwards is visiting for Christmas and New Year and s...

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24.12.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 23rd December

The strong winds eased off significantly today, but it was damp, drizzly, overcast and grey all day. The only bird news came via Mary Redma...

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23.12.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd December

Saturday, the winter solstice, was windy with strong rainy spells at times. Sunday was even worse - dark, wet and windy with icy showers at ...

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21.12.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 19th & Friday 20th December

A reasonable sunny day on Thursday gave way to a dreary, mostly cloudy, breezy and rainy day on Friday. Yesterday there were reports from Da...

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19.12.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 18th December

A largely wet, cloudy and none-too pleasant day. The only bird note comes via Malcolm O. from Billy Stitchell who posted on the Islay Faceb...

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18.12.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th December

Thanks to Malcolm for blogging in my absence, though in the last few days there has been nothing to blog about - hence the 4 day gap during ...

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14.12.2024

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Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December Quiet overcast weather rather than the sunshine that was promised for most of this week but only ha...

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12.12.2024

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Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th Ed B is the only observer to have sent in a report in the last two days. This morning he had a flock of 66...

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10.12.2024

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Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th and Monday 9th As was to be expected, no bird records were submitted on Saturday after Storm Darragh had deposite...

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07.12.2024

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Wednesday 4th, Thursday 5th and Friday 6th Wednesday and Thursday were OK weatherwise, bit of wind, bit of rain, but Storm Darragh is gaini...

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04.12.2024

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Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd A coldish wind, but dry until late afternoon when there was some rain. Undoubted bird of the day, and the month ...

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03.12.2024

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Sunday 3nd December An overcast morning, brightening a little by midday, and mild. Not a lot to report today, but David D. had a Lesser Bla...

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01.12.2024

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Friday 30th November Not a lot of bird news today, not helped by the strong south to southeast wind and quite a lot of rain, though that d...

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01.12.2024

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Saturday 30th November A drier day but still with a strongish south to southeast wind and quite mild. Gary had sightings of two Peregrines, ...

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29.11.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 28th November

A day of strong SW winds, rain and quite cold too. The only bird news in such dire conditions comes from David Dinsley who saw a pair of P...

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29.11.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th November

Dry, light winds with sunny spells - an improvement on some of weather we've been having recently. Despite better weather, there were no no...

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26.11.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th & Monday 25th November

Three days of Storm Bert, bringing lots of wind from various directions, and with it plenty of heavy rain. A generally unpleasant three days...

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23.11.2024

Islay Birds: Friday 22nd November

A cold day with moderate NW winds and periods of bright sunshine between black clouds threatening (and occasionally producing) icy rain and...

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22.11.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st November

Another cold, clear, dry and sunny day with very light winds on Tuesday. Wednesday was similar but with sporadic, isolated wintry showers ...

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19.11.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 18th November

A cold, bright, sunny and dry day with light northerly winds. All bird news today relates to wildfowl! Clive reported 26 Shelduck on Loch G...

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18.11.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 17th November

Cold moderate breezes from the north wind lots of sunshine between heavy rain showers. Over at Kildalton Mary-Ann Featherstone had a total o...

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Islay Birds: Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd January

Islay Birds: Sunday 19th & Monday 20th January

Islay Birds: Thursday 16th, Friday 17th & Saturday 18th January

Islay Birds: Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th January

Islay Birds: Saturday 11th, Sunday 12th & Monday 13th January

Islay Birds: Thursday 9th and Friday 10th January

Islay Birds: Monday 6th, Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th January

Islay Birds: Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January

Islay Birds: Tuesday 31st December 2024 & Wednesday 1st January 2025

Islay Birds: Sunday 29th & Monday 30th December

Islay Birds: Saturday 28th December

Islay Birds: Thursday 26th & Friday 27th December

Islay Birds: Wednesday 25th December

Islay Birds: Tuesday 24th December

Islay Birds: Monday 23rd December

Islay Birds: Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd December

Islay Birds: Thursday 19th & Friday 20th December

Islay Birds: Wednesday 18th December

Islay Birds: Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th December

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Islay Birds: Thursday 28th November

Islay Birds: Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th November

Islay Birds: Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th & Monday 25th November

Islay Birds: Friday 22nd November

Islay Birds: Tuesday 19th, Wednesday 20th & Thursday 21st November

Islay Birds: Monday 18th November

Islay Birds: Sunday 17th November

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