Category: Sightings

MID-ARGYLL: A Barn Owl hunting over a field adjacent to the road near Cairnbaan was a pleasant surprise whilst on the way home from work today. (Malcolm Chattwood). A White-Tailed Eagle has been regularly seen at Braevallich (Loch Awe) over recent weeks and on the road between there and Ford 18 Woodcock were seen along the roadside tonight (Alan Dykes).
COWAL:  Yesterday, two White-tailed Eagles were being mobbed by a pair of Hoodies at Otter Ferry followed by a further two single birds this afternoon (Yvonne McCrone).

COWAL: A Little Gull feeding amongst Black-headed Gulls about 200m offshore was spotted at Otter Ferry today (Jeremy Brock).

COWAL:  A spell of wintry weather didn’t deter Alistair McGregor and George Newall from venturing out to complete their WeBS count at Holy Loch which included a pair of Dunlin amongst 32 Ringed Plover, 26 Turnstone and a Red-throated Diver.
TIREE: 3 Ring-necked Duck, 2 Scaup, 6 Gadwall and 147 Whooper Swans at Loch a’ Phuill, 1 Todd’s Canada Goose still at Caoles, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Little Grebe and 2 Pintail at Loch Riaghain (John Bowler)

NORTH ARGYLL: On WeBS counts today – at Balure of Shian there was a Greenshank and 2 Bar-tailed Godwits. At Dalrannoch, 49 Teal and later a Little Egret turned up. There were 17 Greenland White-fronts at North Shian (Robin Harvey).
MID-ARGYLL: WeBS highlihghts on a flat calm Loch Gilp today – a Long-tailed Duck, a Slavonian Grebe, 4 Black-throated and 5 Red-throated Divers (David Jardine).

KINTYRE: On Gigha today – 2CY male Shoveler at Ardminish Bay and a European White-fronted Goose – with Greylags at Cuddypool Bay (David Jardine).
A quick trip round northern Kintyre this morning, highlights were 3 Slavonian Grebe off Rhunhaorine Point (and later a single off Ardrishaig car park),  5 Long-tailed Duck (all males) off the ferry terminal at Tayinloan; ring-tailed Hen Harrier above the road to Skipness; 2 Greenshank and 19 Common Snipe at the Kennacraig ferry terminal, and another Greenshank and a Little Egret opposite the West Loch Hotel (Jonathan Platt).

COWAL: Today on the River Massan , near Deerpark, there were 8 Mandarin duck, also the Greenshank is showing well from the Holy Loch hide (Alistair McGregor).

MID-ARGYLL: A Little Egret still in the Ulva lagoons area (Caroline Anderson).
ISLAY: A Little Egret has remained at Loch Gruinart having been noted the last few days (per Ian Brooke).
TIREE: An adult White-tailed Eagle at Loch a’ Phuill at lunchtime, also 3 Ring-necked Duck, 1m Green-winged Teal, and theTodd’s Canada Goose still at Caoles (John Bowler).
COWAL: George Newall saw a male Blackcap in his Dunoon garden yesterday.

TIREE: 3CY Ring-billed Gull again at Sandaig and 3 Ring-necked Ducks (1m, 1f, 1 imm m) still at Loch a’ Phuill (John Bowler).

TIREE: Todd’s Canada Goose still at Caoles (John Bowler).
KINTYRE: Now 2 Little Egrets at Kennacraig east bay (Terry Cawthorne).

TIREE: At least 2 Ring-necked Ducks at Loch a’ Phuill today also juv Glaucous Gull. 3CY Ring-billed Gull again at Sandaig and a nice flock of 95 Purple Sandpipers at Hough Bay but no colour-ringed birds amongst them (John Bowler).