Bird Watch this December

What a contrast to last month!   While Ju is enjoying penguins in the Antarctic, Jan did the December count at low tide on a dry, still day and saw:

• 123 Greylag Geese on the Barbreck fields. Intriguingly there was one goose amongst them which was the shape and size of a Greylag but which had a snow white neck and breast, grey head and black wings with white wingtips. Please send any suggestions as to what it might be to Jan!
  
• 7 Canada Geese
  
• 8 Curlews
  
• 6 Shags
  
• 52 Eider Duck – these were seen (and heard!) at various points from Kintraw to the southern end of the Lagoon
  
• 9 Oyster Catcher
  
• 9 Heron
  
• 3 Goldeneye
  
• 9 Mallard
  
• 16 Red Breasted Mergansers
  
• 36 Wigeon
  
• 12 Teal
  
• 1 Redshank
  
• 3 Little Grebe
  
• 2 Black Guillemot
  

There were also several seals about both in Craignish Lagoon and in Loch Beag.