Category: Sightings

TIREE: A HOBBY watched hunting Swallows at Scarinish Pier this morning by Martin Finnigan after a brief sighting of presumably the same bird at Milton, Tiree on 10 Aug (John Bowler).
MID-ARGYLL: A BLACK KITE was watched for over 5 minutes this afternoon above Loch Caolisport then headed over Achahoish (Joe Parham).

MULL: A female MARSH HARRIER watched at Gorton, Loch Don this morning (David Bell).
ISLAY: A female MARSH HARRIER watched and photographed at Kinnabus, The oa this evening (David Dinsley).
MID-ARGYLL: Two SWAN GEESE turned up at Loch Gilp this morning then flew off south at 9.40 (Jim Dickson).

COWAL: A GREEN SANDPIPER was seen on a muddy pool in an upland Glendaruel area (Rhodri Evetts).

KINTYRE: A 1cy MEDITERRANEAN GULL at Machrihanish SBO this afternoon (J Dickson/D Jardine).

MULL: A 2cy LITTLE GULL and the adult BONAPARTE’S GULL at Loch Spelve today.

MULL: The adult BONAPARTE’S GULL is still present at Loch Spelve (north side) – Theo de Clermont.

MULL: An adult BONAPARTE’S GULL was at Loch Spelve (Dan Pointon). A first record for Mull if accepted by the BBRC.

At sea NW of TIREE: Report today via Birdtrack of a WILSON’S PETREL seen from the Oban- Barra ferry on 20th July (Tim Melling/Jonathan Hannam). If accepted by the SBRC it would be the second record for Argyll. The first was of one caught alive in a net on Jura on 1 Oct 1891 which was also the first Scottish record.

TIREE: A female MARSH HARRIER in central Tiree today – headed SW towards Loch a’ Phuill at 13.00hrs (John Bowler).

KINTYRE: A probable HOBBY – noted as a small Peregrine type falcon that was hunting dragonflies along the shore north of Tayinloan (Daniel Brown per Neil Brown).