This juvenile wheatear was trapped in a lobster pot at Eoligarry jetty today,
but fortunately it didn't seem to have been in too long and we were able to
release it unharmed. Apparently many small birds get trapped in creels like
this and most probably die. I didn't realise that this happened but from now
on I'll be keeping my eyes open for any more birds such this.
These creels make perfect traps for small birds, and there are a lot of them
around in coastal areas.
How many birds get trapped in these?
Here's one that didn't make it.
Later in the day we headed up to Glen, just north of Castlebay and found this
cracking male ring ouzel. Overall it was a quiet day for us, though others heard and saw in flight only a red-throated pipit and a common rosefinch.
The second calendar year Iceland gull is still at Barra golf course.
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