There is a lot of rare wildlife on the island, such as rare birds, eagles, otters, deer, seal pup and so forth.
At the head of Loch Gruinart, there is a RSPB reserve. From there you have great views over low lying mud flats and grass lands of Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve. From the hides you can spot a huge variety of birds, waders, geese, curlews, Lapwings, Herons, ducks and many more.
Climate change can influence waterbird populations directly and indirectly. Direct effects of climate change can arise through environmental changes such as warmer temperatures and changes in predominant wind direction. These environmental changes have profound effects on waterbird migration. Warmer temperatures can advance aspects of the bird’s life cycle for instance, by leaving wintering grounds early and arriving at breeding grounds too early for peak prey availability or exposing birds to higher rainfall, leading to increased chick mortality. Wintering ranges of some species are also changing. In the UK, warmer temperatures have shifted the distributions of eight out of nine common species of wader over-wintering on estuaries eastward, where they can take advantage of better feeding in areas that previously would have been too cold.
Climate change may reduces wintering Greenland Whitefront Geese populations.
white-fronted goose by th211 on Sketchfab
https://islay.scot/islay-wildlife/
https://marine.gov.scot/sma/assessment/abundance-wintering-waterbirds
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/white-fronted-goose/
https://www.islay.blog/article.php/islay-birds-of-sonservation-concern