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Islay Birds

26.07.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th July

A cooler, windier and rainy day on Wednesday, slightly brighter on Thursday, with very few bird notes coming in. Yesterday Jamie Johnson not...

Islay Birds

24.07.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 23rd July

A pleasant, warm, sunny and fairly calm summer's day. A late report in for yesterday from Clive Mc. who had seen 4 Little and 3 Arctic Terns...

Islay Birds

23.07.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 21st & Monday 22nd July

Firstly, a big "Thank You" to Linden for doing the blog in my absence. The weather yesterday and today was a mix of light winds with sunny ...

Islay Birds

21.07.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 20th July

Two Spotted Flycatchers reported by David this morning at Kinnabus. Gary had a mega report from Bunnahabhain of 34 Black Guillemot, 2 Great...

Islay Birds

20.07.2024

Islay Birds: Friday 19th July

A very quiet couple of days in the bird chat with the only report being my sighting of a Little Egret at Gruinart - potentially the same on...

Islay Birds

18.07.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 17th July

At Loch Gorm this morning Lauren had a fishing Osprey, Gary had a lone Whimbrel north of Bruichladdich Pier. Chatting to David at the Oa y...

Islay Birds

17.07.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 16th July

This morning Sam had a White-Tailed Eagle flying over Kilmeny Church towards Keppols, and slightly later a great report of 5 Red-Throated D...

Islay Birds

16.07.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 15th July

Only one sighting from Sunday and that was Mary's very early Marsh Fritillary webs. In the early hours of this morning Gary spotted a hun...

Islay Birds

14.07.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 11th July

Some excellent reports coming in to start the weekend off, firstly from Mary with a Dark Green Fritillary on the wing and a family of Spotte...

Islay Birds

13.07.2024

Islay Birds: Friday 12th July

A late report emailed in yesterday from Stephen on a visit to Jura ticking off several raptors starting with a juvenile Golden Eagle being ...

Islay Birds

12.07.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 11th July

My highlight from the day at Gruinart were a very vibrant Lesser Redpoll, our usual pair of Bullfinch and a young male Hen Harrier. More ex...

Islay Birds

11.07.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 10th July

A slightly gruesome day in the bird chat with the only report coming in from Mary after a walk at Kilchoman of a couple of dead Shearwater,...

Islay Birds

10.07.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 9th July

Just a couple of reports coming in today with the wind picking up again after a welcome break in the weather. This morning at The Oa car pa...

Islay Birds

09.07.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 8th July

Glorious weather again with calm, warm sunny conditions, though this is scheduled to change into a solid belt of rain approaching from the s...

Islay Birds

08.07.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 7th July

Another glorious sunny and calm day. David Dinsley saw a Swift high over Loch Kinnabus, plus a Cormorant and a female Shelduck with a brood...

Islay Birds

07.07.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 6th July

A pleasant sunny day - a little more like summer. Apart from a few reports of regular species there was an Osprey seen by Gary T. being har...

Islay Birds

06.07.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 4th & Friday 5th July

An improvement in the weather from cool and rainy yesterday to eventually a very pleasant calm and sunny day today. Yesterday was fairly qui...

Islay Birds

04.07.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 3rd July

A mostly wet, grey, drizzly and quite breezy day again with occasional bursts of dry and sunshine. Linden sent in a report of an email recei...

Islay Birds

03.07.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 2nd July

Another drizzly, grey day with a moderate breeze and just occasional sunny bits. Quiet on the bird front today, with a report from Val Peaco...

Islay Birds

02.07.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 1st July

Grey and drizzly today, Yesterday Mary Redman found a male Kestrel that had seemingly been predated by a Buzzard that had left a few of its...

Islay Birds

01.07.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 27th, Friday 28th June, Saturday 29th June and Sunday 30th June

Given that I'm condensing four days into one blog, you can tell that there isn't much to report. The weather has been very different day to...

Islay Birds

27.06.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 26th June

A fine start to the day, but it became progressively more cloudy, misty and damp with an increasing light wind. But there have been a few bi...

Islay Birds

26.06.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 25th June

Another "proper" summer's day with warmth and sunshine - but not a lot of bird news to tell you about: Mary Redman counted 6 Ravens on her c...

Islay Birds

25.06.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 24th June

A cloudy and misty start turned into a bright and warm sunny day. Linden and James were out and about at RSPB Gruinart noting White-tailed E...

Islay Birds

24.06.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June

A substantial improvement in the weather , with bright, warm and sunny conditions for much of Sunday. There were reports from various corner...

Islay Birds

22.06.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st June

It is midsummer, but it doesn't seem like it, with cool temperatures and various spells of cloud and rain at times on both days. Yesterday ...

Islay Birds

20.06.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 19th June

A fine, sunny, fairly warm day today. There were reports of 2 Crossbills at Gatehouse on Jura and a Swift over Loch Kinnabus. Up at Gruinar...

Islay Birds

19.06.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 16th - Tuesday 18th June

Three days of variable, cool weather with spells of sunshine interspersed with light rain and cloud at times - though a lovely sunny late ev...

Islay Birds

16.06.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 15th June

A quiet day for reports with only one coming in on the bird chat, but what an incredible sighting it was from Dave Wood with a few Bottleno...

Islay Birds

15.06.2024

Islay Birds: Friday 14th June

Another fairly quiet day today, Simon had another male Hen Harrier near the airport, Gary saw a couple of young cuckoo at Finlaggan. In bu...

Islay Birds

14.06.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 13th June

After a brief break in the weather yesterday, the wind is back with a vengeance and as a result there were very few reports coming in today...

Islay Birds

13.06.2024

Islay Birds: Wednesday 12th June

Eagles all over the shop today, with Goldies sighted at Gruinart, Gorm and The Oa and some unsavoury White-Tail action at Claggain Bay. St...

Islay Birds

12.06.2024

Islay Birds: Tuesday 11th June

Some excellent reports coming in today with Steve reporting 48 Shags at Emerivale and 70 at Kilnaughton! Lucy had a pair of Hen Harrier alo...

Islay Birds

11.06.2024

Islay Birds: Monday 10th June

An early start today with Gordon counting 42 bar-Tailed Godwits at Blackrock at 7am, which I think hung around all day as I saw a flock rou...

Islay Birds

10.06.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 9th June

A quiet day of reports following the influx yesterday. Linden had a Bonxie over Sanaigmore, and Simon reported hearing a Cuckoo from the woo...

Islay Birds

09.06.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 8th June

Reports flying in today. Whooper swans took the limelight this morning with James having 4 fly over Gruinart flats, and Louise doing a doubl...

Islay Birds

09.06.2024

Islay Birds: Friday 7th June

Heavy showers in the morning cleared into some beautiful sunshine, though the blustering winds continue. Starting at Gruinart, James had a ...

Islay Birds

07.06.2024

Islay Birds: Thursday 6th June

The sunshine was out between showers today on Islay. Linden saw 10 Dunlin, 5 Ringed plover and an Arctic tern at Bruichladdich this aftern...

Islay Birds

06.06.2024

Islay Birds: Sunday 2nd June to Wednesday 5th June

Apologies for the last few missing days of bird blogging…. Not much has been reported in-between the seemingly unseasonable wind and hai...

Islay Birds

02.06.2024

Islay Birds: Saturday 1 June

Apologies for yesterdays missing entry, no excuses I was just distracted and forgot! Which is a pity as yesterday had more reports that toda...

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Islay Birds - Nature & Animals

Islay Birds: Wednesday 24th & Thursday 25th July

Islay Birds: Tuesday 23rd July

Islay Birds: Sunday 21st & Monday 22nd July

Islay Birds: Saturday 20th July

Islay Birds: Friday 19th July

Islay Birds: Wednesday 17th July

Islay Birds: Tuesday 16th July

Islay Birds: Monday 15th July

Islay Birds: Saturday 11th July

Islay Birds: Friday 12th July

Islay Birds: Thursday 11th July

Islay Birds: Wednesday 10th July

Islay Birds: Tuesday 9th July

Islay Birds: Monday 8th July

Islay Birds: Sunday 7th July

Islay Birds: Saturday 6th July

Islay Birds: Thursday 4th & Friday 5th July

Islay Birds: Wednesday 3rd July

Islay Birds: Tuesday 2nd July

Islay Birds: Monday 1st July

Islay Birds: Thursday 27th, Friday 28th June, Saturday 29th June and Sunday 30th June

Islay Birds: Wednesday 26th June

Islay Birds: Tuesday 25th June

Islay Birds: Monday 24th June

Islay Birds: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June

Islay Birds: Thursday 20th and Friday 21st June

Islay Birds: Wednesday 19th June

Islay Birds: Sunday 16th - Tuesday 18th June

Islay Birds: Saturday 15th June

Islay Birds: Friday 14th June

Islay Birds: Thursday 13th June

Islay Birds: Wednesday 12th June

Islay Birds: Tuesday 11th June

Islay Birds: Monday 10th June

Islay Birds: Sunday 9th June

Islay Birds: Saturday 8th June

Islay Birds: Friday 7th June

Islay Birds: Thursday 6th June

Islay Birds: Sunday 2nd June to Wednesday 5th June

Islay Birds: Saturday 1 June

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