More signs today that birds are returning with 2 Black-tailed Godwits on the Howmore River and another 33 at Kilaulay along with a summering Whooper Swan. Around Loch Bee there were broods of Teal, Shoveler and Red-breasted Mergansers. Shoveler and R-b Mergs are both on the
Rare Breeding Birds Panel list, the latter only included recently and therefore increasing the importance of such records.
Shoveler and Red-breasted Mergansers