Category: Sightings

MID-ARGYLL: An adult Little Gull at the head of Loch Gilp mid-afternoon today (Jim Dickson).
TIREE: Still 3 Ring-necked Ducks back at Loch a’ Phuill with 1m Pochard and 1 Coot. Also 2 Coot at Loch Bhasapol (John Bowler).

COWAL: Two Little Egrets at the Holy Loch this morning (Andrew Mcfarlane).
ISLAY: Still a Little Egret at Loch Gruinart yesterday (per Islaybirds).

KINTYRE: Short Eared Owl at Carradale Golf Course this morning, also 70+Chaffinch, 16 Goldfinch ,13 Greenfinch,and a Brambling at the garden feeders (Alasdair Paterson).

TIREE: All 3 Ring-necked Ducks (1m, 1f and 1 imm male) were back in the windy gloom at Loch Bhasapol at lunch-time with 3 Coot. 2CY Ring-billed Gull again at Sandaig (John Bowler).

COLONSAY: Two female Pintail on Oronsay this morning (Patrick Styles).

KINTYRE: The Little Egret was seen again today at the head of West Loch Tarbert (Ian & Margaret Brooke).

TIREE: 2CY Ring-billed Gull again at Sandaig, a juv Kumlien’s (Iceland) Gull flew south at West Hynish, male and female Ring-necked Duck with 1m Pochard at Loch a’ Phuill,  1CY male Ring-necked Duck with 3 Coot at Loch Bhasapol (John Bowler).

TIREE: The Todd’s Canada Goose again at Caoles (John Bowler). 
ISLAY: A juvenile Iceland Gull was at Outer LochIndaal today (Mike Peackock per Ian Brooke.                                                                                    COWAL: Now 25 Purple Sandpipers at Dunoon crazy golf (George Newall).

COWAL: Little Egret still at the head of the Holy Loch, also a Greenshank (Alistair McGregor).
KINTYRE: A Little Egret was at the head of West Loch Tarbert (Malcolm Chattwood). At Campbeltown today: 5 Shoveler – inc 3 adult m, a 1CY m and a f (Eddie Maguire).
TIREE: Drake and female Ring-necked Duck at Loch a’ Phuill also 1m Pochard there. Imm male Ring-necked Duck at Loch Bhasapol with 3 Coot (John Bowler). 
NORTH ARGYLL: At Loch Creran today highlights included – 17 White-fronted Geese, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 1 Greenshank (Robin Harvey).

COLONSAY: The Cackling Goose was seen again today on Oronsay (Patrick Styles).