11th-20th June
The only migrants of note were a Little
Gull at Kirbest and a Pink-footed Goose at Hooking, both on the 13th, along with a few Spotted Flycatchers and Chiffchaffs, but spring migration is essentially over. However, we’ve been busy monitoring and ringing the many breeding birds
on the island. Black-headed and Common Gull chicks have been ringed at the
lochs as have Greylag goslings. The first visit to Artic Tern colonies suggests
they should have a reasonable year. And
effort has gone into finding Wheatear nests with 13 located. 10 Eiders were ringed
as was a Gadwall, only the second ever for the island. A Coot chick was also
the second ever ringed.
Eiders
Gadwall
Wheatears
Hooded Crow
(All photos Euan Ferguson)
Comments
I just wondered if you might be able to identify a very strange bird I saw on Jura in 2009.www.mark-jura.blogspot.com. We think it was a Yellow Headed Blackbird but goodness knows what it was doing there! Not the sharpest of photos but it was a miracle I managed to photograph it at all.
Many thanks,Mark.