Category: Sightings

TIREE: A sewatch at Hynish produced 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS & 12 SOOTY SHEARWATERS (John Bowler).
MULL: An adult BONAPARTE’S GULL was found on the shore at Garmony – presumably a returning bird seen on Mull the previous two years (Theo de Clermont).
ISLAY: Two juvenile LITTLE STINT were in with the calidrid wader flock at Carnain around 7pm (Jim Dickson)

OFF COLL/TIREE: In with the large congregation of MANX SHEARWATERS SW of Gunna Sound this morning were 33 GREAT SHEARWATERS & at least 100 SOOTY SHEARWATERS viewed from Sea Life Mull tour vessel (Stuart Gibson et al).
TIREE: An evening seawatch from Milton, SE Tiree produced 27+ GREAT SHEARWATERS, 1 CORY’S SHEARWATER, 140+ SOOTY SHEARWATERS, an adult & an imm POMARINE SKUA. Also, a GREEN SANDPIPER was seen at The Reef (John Bowler).
COLL: At least 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS & 18 SOOTY SHEARWATERS were seen off N Coll (per Birdguides).
MULL: 29th Aug: an adult SABINE’S GULL was reported flying slowly past Caliach Point, NW Mull (per Birdguides).

OBAN to BARRA FERRY: Highlights of a seawatch inc 11 SOOTY SHEARWATERS in with c5000 Manx near south entrance to Gunna Sound. Also total of c50+ Storm Petrel and several Great & Arctic Skuas noted (Jim Dickson, Hayley Douglas, David Jardine, Neil Rankine).

MID-ARGYLL: A 1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULL was at the Head of Loch Gilp this morning (Jim Dickson). Of interest – the pair of Mute Swans with 3 cygnets that include 2 ‘Polish types’ are hanging around the loch – very few records of these types have ever been reported from the West of Scotland.
MULL: A 1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULL was also at Scallastle today (Theo de Clermont, Ewan Miles).

MULL: A BLACK REDSTART was reported at down from the Ben More pods towards the hatchery (Allan Cowan)

KINTYRE: A 1cy HOBBY was seen & photographed in Glenbarr (Lusanda Donnelly).

AT SEA: Tiree to Castlebay, Barra ferry – an immature POMARINE SKUA and  46 Storm Petrels (John Bowler).

TIREE: A BALEARIC SHEARWATER was seen from the ferry SE of Tiree (John Bowler).

TIREE: Four SOOTY SHEARWATER were seen from the ferry SE of Tiree (John Bowler).

MID-ARGYLL: An adult/2cy HOBBY was at Dalvore, Moine Mhor this pm (John Boyd).