Category: Sightings

ISLAY: A male DARK-EYED JUNCO was found today in a private garden near Kildalton. A new species for Argyll.

MID-ARGYLL: A report of a SPOTTED REDSHANK at the Add Estuary this afternoon (Colin Woolf). Update – now confirmed as a Common Redshank.

TIREE: Two male LAPLAND BUNTINGS at Loch an Eilein today (John Bowler).

MULL: A breeding plumaged SPOTTED REDSHANK was found at Laggan Bay (Theo de Clermont/Ewan Miles). Videograbs below.

MULL: A male LAPLAND BUNTING was at the head of Loch Scridain/Loch Beg (Mike Murphy).

MULL: A female MARSH HARRIER was near Loch Don today (Glen Ellis).

ISLAY: An imm male MARSH HARRIER was at Loch Tallant (D. Clugston, V. Wilson per A. Murray).

ISLAY: A male GARGANEY at the RSPB Gruinart south hide before 9am (Mark Shields).

KINTYRE: An adult YELLOW-LEGGED GULL was at Kilkenzie, N of Campbeltown this am (Jim Dickson, Neil Hammatt), but no sign of the CATTLE EGRET found yesterday nr Stewarton nr Campbeltown by Victoria Russell. The three SURF SCOTERS are still off Rhunahaorine Point, Sound of Gigha (Jim Dickson, Neil Hammatt).

KINTYRE: Three (a female & two imm males – both prob 2cy’s) SURF SCOTER late am today – at the Sound of Gigha (David Jardine & Frank Cavanagh).