An exciting few days on Tiree although I can't help feeling this is just the beginning of yet another amazing autumn for the island. Many thanks to John Bowler for the following update.
A 2-hr seawatch off Aird in the morning of the 7th produced highlights of 1 juv Sabine’s Gull, 1 Leach’s Petrel and 5 Sooty Shearwaters, as well as 790 Manx Shearwaters, 510 Gannets, 135 Fulmars, 8 Bonxies and 3 Common Scoters. In the afternoon, Mark Fanshawe found another juv Sabine’s Gull at Traigh nan Gilean.
Best bird of the 8th was the Nightingale at Vaul first seen on the 3rd, and a long-dead 10m long Sperm Whale was discovered at Traigh nan Gilean. The 9th saw large arrivals of Golden Plovers and Snipe as well as a confiding juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on a flooded field at Balinoe.
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| Sabine's Gull by Mark Fanshawe |
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| Nightingale by Mark Fanshawe |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper by John Bowler |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper by John Bowler |
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