| Re: Trip report - Islay and Mull
Anyone intending to do a visit to Islay then the second/third week of October really is the best time to see geese in large numbers on their arrival. Barnacle and GWFronts arrive in continuous skeins in their thousands at this time over a period of a few days and are concentrated on RSPB Gruinart before dispersing over the island in smaller groups in November. It's a fantastic spectacle when 70,000 geese all rise up in their anxious flushes!
In addition to the species Richard mentions, Dipper can be seen in Brigend Woods fairly reliably.
I'd thoroughly recommend Malcolm Ogilvie's ''The Birds of Islay'' which can be purchased online or from the Islay Natural History Centre in Port Charlotte.
Great Report Richard. I'm due another visit myself! |