10th-22nd August
This post see the end of the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater's visit to the island, while it was nice having it with us for so long there was a sense of relief amongst the staff that it had finally departed, it was somewhat impeding on censuses and day-to-day work. We had our first sniff of early autumn migration, but it was just a sniff! Otherwise its been relatively quiet here with a system of northerly winds dominating proceedings in the last week or so, it feels more like mid-October here at the moment. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater - GG The 10th wasn't a bad day of weather, the Bee-eater remained around Ancum Willows for most of the day. A Short-eared Owl was around Longar but the new bird of the day was our first Blyth's Reed Warbler of the autumn feeding veraciously on the walls of the garden at Bewan House. Blyth's Reed Warbler - GG The following day saw the Bee-eater doing very much the same, hanging around the willows at Ancum, the Blyth's Reed had seemingly moved on. T...
