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).
TIREE: A 2cy PECTORAL SANDPIPER was noted today and seen flying high to SW at 5 pm (John Bowler).
MULL: Have just received news from Dave Allan of a BLACK KITE at Ardalanish on the Ross of Mull on 24th June.
ISLAY: The ROSY STARLING was seen again in Bowmore on the shore at the water treatment works (Gary Turnbull).
MULL: The ROSY STARLING was seen again at Fionnphort today and was first seen nearby at Knockvologan on 23 June by Will Cook.
COLONSAY: A MARSH HARRIER today at RSPB Oronsay (Morgan Vaughan).
ISLAY: A ROSY STARLING found in a central Bowmore garden this morning (Gary Turnbull).
MID-ARGYLL: A RED KITE was seen in Kilmichael Glen, N of Lochgilphead early afternoon (Blair Urquhart).
MULL: A report (per Birdguides) of a first-summer ROSY STARLING at Fionnphort ferry terminal with the Common Starling flock there. Another sighting of the presumed ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD (noted at Lochdon on 14 June) at Croggan – distant views but power hovering for voles and some phone scoped photos (Theo de Clermont).
COWAL: A GREENISH WARBLER was in song today (confirmed by video/recording) west of Dunoon (Alex Ash). This is the 4th Argyll record – all have been in spring with last one, also in song, on Colonsay on 15th June 2017.
ISLAY: The GREAT WHITE EGRET is still being reported from the RSPB Loch Gruinart reserve.
MULL: A report of a ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD from the Lochdon area (Chris Ladley, Steve Toher et al).
MID-ARGYLL: In Oban – the 2cy/female ROSY STARLING is still in a garden in middle of the town and today also a HOOPOE turned up in a garden at Pulpit Hill.
COLONSAY: An adult LONG-TAILED SKUA and also a Great Skua were seen from the ferry off the north end of Colonsay this afternoon (David Jardine/Martin Davison).
