Category: Sightings

MULL: A report of a HOBBY near the Ulva Ferry turn-off this morning (Michael and Rosemary Knight) – further details/description required.

MULL: A GREEN SANDPIPER at Lochbuie today (Lee Dutton).

MULL: A HAWFINCH was a garden in Dervaig today (Sheelagh Joan Still / Lucie Howard).

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).