Day 3
After successfully seeing all our desired Odonata species (dragonflies and damselflies), the focus shifted to birding and observing other wildlife during the trip.
Osprey
Black Throated Diver
Small White Orchid
New Moths recorded in the three nights we trapped:
A great weekend ended so quickly, and all target species were seen.
Day 4
I said my goodbyes and left the accommodation at 10.00am this morning after a superb weekend and headed south, calling in at Maidens in Ayrshire on the way home. There has been a Western sandpiper here since November 2024, having masqueraded as a 'Little Stint'. My plan was to see it on Thursday, but those plans had changed.
On arrival, the weather was terrible; it was raining, so I held out in the car till it passed. I went looking for the bird, but there was no sign of it, so I started to head home. Half an hour later, I got a phone call from Dan that it's back in the harbour! There was a quick turnaround, and there it was running around in front of me.
Western Sandpiper
The bird has some kind of parasite problem around the bill area, and the bird is clearly in distress, with blood around its neck and throat. A nice bird to see anyway, anyway. I eventually got home just after 9.00pm after a cracking weekend.
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