Category: Sightings

TIREE: A singing MARSH WARBLER this morning at Mannal around 6am but it has not sung since / gone to ground (Nick Wall). A white-phase SNOW GOOSE was a surprise find at Loch na Gile (John Bowler).

COWAL: The COMMON CRANE reappeared around 7pm in the same field it had been in at Dalinlongart, Holy Loch (David Gilmour).
TIREE: A very brightly coloured male COMMON ROSEFINCH was seen and also in song at Mannal around 9am (Nick Wall) and relocated around 10am at Hynish (John Bowler).

TIREE: A female GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL was at Loch a’ Phuill, also two red adult CURLEW SANDPIPERS there, and a male GARGANEY was noted on the island (John Bowler).

TIREE: A REED WARBLER, TREE SPARROW, GARDEN WARBLER & LESSER WHITETHROAT were in /near a garden at Balephuil, (John Bowler).

MID-ARGYLL: A QUAIL was seen and heard at Keillbeg, nr Danna (Terry Girling, John Aitchison).

ISLAY: A male GARGANEY was at RSPB Loch Gruinart today (Martin Harris).

TIREE: A female HAWFINCH was in a garden at Balephuil (John Bowler).
COWAL: A male FIRECREST was heard signing at Brox Wood, Holy Loch LNR then later confirmed visually (Neil Hammatt) and later on a COMMON CRANE was seen in a field at Dalinlongart, a further 500m NW (David Gilmour).
ISLAY: A male WOODCHAT SHRIKE was found at Upper Cragabus, Oa this evening (David Dinsley, Hannah Stanger) – only the third record for Argyll.

ISLAY: A white-phase SNOW GOOSE was with Greylags at Loch Gorm (Darrell Lawson).

MID-ARGYLL: A fem type MARSH HARRIER was at the Add Estuary & Moine Mhor this evening (David Jardine, Jim Dickson).

MULL: A WHITE-BILLED DIVER was reported (Birdguides) seen from the ferry near Craignure. Note: We require further details to validate this record.
ISLAY: A fem type MARSH HARRIER was seen at Risabus, Oa (David Dinsley) and yesterday a WOOD SANDPIPER was seen at RSPB Loch Gruinart (David Livingstone, Bob Davison) .