Category: Sightings

MID-ARGYLL: A HAWFINCH was seen briefly in a garden at Glashan Burn, Lochgair around 6pm (John & Julie Sutton).

MID-ARGYLL: A RED KITE was seen today in Glen Lonan (Blair Urquhart).

COLL: A report of a HAWFINCH in Arinagour today (per Birdguides) – no further information as yet…
KINTYRE: A large pale ‘buzzard’ considered to be a ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD flew over Port Righ and across to Arran (Alasdair Paterson). The next day, what was almost certainly the same bird was seen and photographed at Glenree, above the Ross Road, Arran and confirmed as a 2cy ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD…(per Arran Birding)

ISLAY: A female MARSH HARRIER was over Gruinart flats this morning (James How).
COWAL: A male HAWFINCH appeared in a Sandbank garden (Ann Smith).

TIREE: A LAPLAND BUNTING at The Reef this morning (John Bowler).

TIREE: A SPOTTED REDSHANK was at The Reef and later at Loch an Eilein (John Bowler). The last Argyll records were in 2015 on Tiree & Islay.

MID-ARGYLL: Good numbers of Icelandic REDSHANKS and BLACK-TAILED GODWITS today with totals of 311 Black-tailed & 363 Redshank at Loch Crinan, Add Estuary & Loch Gilp (Jim Dickson).
COLONSAY: 164 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS on Oronsay today.
TIREE: 2,000+ BLACK-TAILED GODWITS around the west of the island (John Bowler).

TIREE: 220 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS at Loch a’ Phuill – including leg-flagged birds ringed in Holland and England. Also 3 (m+2ff) RING-NECKED DUCKS at Loch Bhasapol (John Bowler).

TIREE: A 2cy GLAUCOUS GULL was at Sandaig on 17th Apr (John Bowler).
COLONSAY: A female HAWFINCH was at garden feeders in Upper Kilchattan (A McConnell/Jan Bennett).
BLACK-TAILED GODWITS – good passage today with 100 at Loch Gruinart, Islay (James How), 117 at Loch A’ Phuill, Tiree (John Bowler) and 69 at Loch Gilp, Mid-Argyll (Jim Dickson).

MID-ARGYLL: A 3cy ICELAND GULL was on the shore at Craobh Haven today (Darren Thomas).