A very different day with
a strong SE wind, low cloud and general murk (really, where was this earlier in
the autumn?); there seemed to be a trickle of birds moving south down the west
coast including 232 Fieldfare, 125 Redwing, a Mistle Thrush (only the second of the
autumn), 2 Common Redpoll and a few Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls at
sea.
Other totals through the day up the west coast and a
little look at the other lochs included 2 Red-throated Divers, a Great-northern
Diver, the 5 Pink-footed Geese, the Barnacle Goose, 16 Gadwall, the Green-winged Teal still on Gretchen, 15 Pintail, 9
Shoveler, 13 Tufted Duck, 4 Goldeneye, a Hen Harrier, 3 Merlin, 3 Woodcock, 2
Robins, 75 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, a Blackcap, 7 Chaffinches, a Brambling, a
Linnet, 35 Twite, and 25 Snow Buntings.
Pink-footed Geese
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