Category: Sightings

TIREE: A WOOD SANDPIPER new in at Loch A’ Phuill today on WeBS count (John Bowler).

KINTYRE: A pair of breeding BLUE-HEADED WAGTAILS at a private confidential site in the Southend area of Kintyre. Last recorded breeding record of Yellow Wagtail in Argyll was on Islay in 1922..

KINTYRE/ISLAY: A report of a BAROLO’S SHEARWATER seen well a c50 meters together with several Manx as it flew alongside then across the bow of the MV Isle of Arran ferry returning from Islay in the afternoon (Frank & Patrick Cavanagh).

COWAL: A first-summer (2cy) HOBBY was observed for over 90 mins hawking insects to west of Bishop’s Glen, Dunnon.

TIREE: A QUAIL was heard calling at Balephetrish on 23  June (John Bowler)

MULL: A TURTLE DOVE was at an undisclosed site in NW Mull.

TIREE: A MARSH WARBLER in song (recorded) from early morning and on and off all day since in the garden at Balephuil and only seen it briefly a few times (photos added from sighting on 18 Jun). This afternoon it was joined by a singing ICTERINE WARBLER (John Bowler).

KINTYRE: A male GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Lussa Loch this morning together with 11 Teal (Jim Dickson). It was first noted there on 8 Jun by Andrew Matthews & Sean Kerr. Also a pair of GREATER SCAUP at the loch today and a Greenshank.

TIREE: The male AMERICAN WIGEON is back at Loch a’ Phuill this afternoon, after a spell at Loch an Eilein (with 2 male Wigeon), also 1 Little Stint and 1 Knot there (John Bowler).
ISLAY: A female MARSH HARRIER at the east end of Loch Gorm this afternoon (Fiona MacGillivray).

KINTYRE: A belated report of a female type COMMON ROSEFINCH in a garden at Gigalum, south Isle of Gigha on approx 1st June (Keith Helm).
MID-ARGYLL: Another MARSH HARRIER – fem type – over Dunadd, nr Moine Mhor on 3rd June, following a report there on 29 May (James Lehmann).