23rd August

MID-ARGYLL: At Loch Crinan mid-morning: 2 x 1CY Mediterranean Gulls – also 11 Bar-tailed Godwits, 16 Dunlin and an Osprey there. Nearby at the Add Estuary 2 juv Greenshank and 2 Wigeon (Jim Dickson).
ISLAY: Malcolm Ogilvie has reported that a Monarch butterfly was seen on a buddlea in Bridgend, Islay, on 19th. Possibility of a transatlantic migrant although usually noted in the UK later in the autumn. Also being noted that some of these are now being released at weddings…..

1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULL – Loch Crinan 23rd Aug (Jim Dickson).
1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULLS – Loch Crinan 23rd Aug (Jim Dickson).
1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULL – Loch Crinan 23rd Aug (Jim Dickson).
MONARCH – Bruichladdich, Islay 19th Aug (Malcolm Ogilvie).