A glorious day on Barra today, with lots of sun and bright blue skies. When
the weather is like this the beaches of the Outer Hebrides are second to
none that I have seen anywhere in the world, though admittedly I won't be
taking a dip in the sea anytime soon here!
This afternoon we found a black tern off Eoligarry jetty and didn't think
too much about it until shortly after we reported it, when one of the
resident Barra birders screeched to a halt behind us and sprinted down the
jetty to see his first on the island. Believe me, these resident Barra
birders have seen it all and you know that you've found something good when
they're running towards you! Apparently it's only the second record for Barra and 14 years since the last one! The video is slowed to half speed when the bird is flying. When judging the quality of this video, please bear in mind that the bird was approximately one mile away and the video was taken on my phone 😆. Technology these days is truly amazing!
Also today we had a look for great yellow bumblebee and though we failed, we
did see some more moss carder bees on the machair which themselves were new
for us a couple of days ago. Three species of butterfly today as well, red
admiral, small tortoiseshell and common blue.
Moss carder bee.
Arctic tern.
Eoligarry jetty.
Northbay.
Lesser redpoll.
Scurrival beach.
Traigh Mhor.
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