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DATE SPECIES IMAGE DETAILS
31st March 2008 Whooper Swan click for image still heading north with 3 herds totalling 104 over Claigan, Dunvegan (Marjorie MacInnes)
31st March 2008 Greylag Goose click for image skeins heading north throughout the day with a total count of 640 over Claigan, Dunvegan (Marjorie MacInnes)
30th March 2008 Wheatear click for image 1st reports in the north with a single male at Lower Milovaig, a pair at Upper Milovaig (AS) and a pair at Coral Beaches, Dunvegan (Bernard Cookson) - + a report of 2 at Glenelg (BN)
30th March 2008 Gannet click for image back in Loch Pooltiel (AS) and 6+ in Loch Slapin (RMcM)
30th March 2008 Greenshank click for image two at the head of Loch Slapin are probably returning local breeders (RMcM)as was a single at The Obbe, Kyleakin (A&EH)
30th March 2008 Black-throated Diver click for image 10 in Loch Slapin off Glasnakille & count of 18 Great Northerns (RMcM)
30th March 2008 Whooper Swan click for image 12 at Loch Suardal, Dunvegan (Bernard Cookson) and 13 at Strathaird Loch (RMcM)
30th March 2008 Bullfinch rarely reported in any number so 6 at the Obbe, Kyleakin is unusual (A&EH)
29th March 2008 Whooper Swan click for image herd of 25 heading north at Lower Milovaig, Glendale (AS)
28th March 2008 Glaucous Gull click for image 1st winter bird at the mouth of the Broadford River (MB)
25th March 2008 Barnacle Goose click for image 70 on Staffin Island (CHawley)
24th March 2008 Snow Bunting click for image another single female at Loch Cuithir, Lealt + 2 Whoopers, 7 Goldeneye and a female Goosander on the Lealt River (C.Hawley)
22nd March 2008 Snow Bunting click for image small flock of c10 along with Skylarks at Drinan, Strathaird (RMcM)
22nd March 2008 Slavonian Grebe click for image single at Ard Dorch (Terry Swainbank)
20th March 2008 Turnstone click for image 24 on a breezy Ardnish + a single Knot & 16 Greylags (A&EH)
19th March 2008 Red Grouse two on the path between Sligachan & Glen Brittle + a Dipper on the river (Jean Thomas)
19th March 2008 Red-throated Diver click for image 3 in Lealt Bay (C.Hawley)
18th March 2008 Gadwall click for image two pairs still at the head of Loch Sligachan (RMcM)
18th March 2008 Whooper Swan click for image 8 on Loch na Sguabaidh, head of Loch Slapin (RMcM)
18th March 2008 Jack Snipe 3 on the Heaste road is an excellent count (MB) - possibly birds on return migration - also 2 Red Grouse.
17th March 2008 Yellowhammer pair back singing in territory in Carr Brae, Lochalsh + Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming & Long-tailed Tit nest building - its spring for at least a few days!! (BN)
17th March 2008 Snow Bunting click for image two males at the roadside in Heaste (Neil Bennett)
14th March 2008 Whooper Swan click for image on the move already with 12 north over Dunvegan and 25 similarly moving north last week-end (B.Cookston)
14th March 2008 Lesser Black-backed Gull click for image 2 at Lephin, Glendale suggesting they are starting to move back in (AS)
13th March 2008 Twite click for image flock of 20 in sheep fank on Glendale Road, Dunvegan. (AS)
13th March 2008 Iceland Gull click for image 1st winter bird in Loch Portree (I Norris)
11th March 2008 Hen Harrier click for image ringtail reported from Glen Brittle (MMacDonald)
9th March 2008 Golden Plover click for image numbers at Ardnish up to 40 (A&EH)
8th March 2008 Purple Sandpiper click for image count of 11 - also 11 Golden Plover - on Ardnish (A&EH)
8th March 2008 Lapwing click for image group of 21 at Lower Breakish and 12 Golden Plover (probably the same as at Ardnish) - Lis Phillips
7th March 2008 Barnacle Goose click for image flock of 56 at Kilmaluag which is probably the best spot on the main island to see the species.
7th March 2008 Barnacle Goose click for image flock of 56 at Kilmaluag which is probably the best spot on the main island to see the species.
4th March 2008 Great Northern Diver click for image numbers building up with 15 on the Moll loop and 24 in Loch Slapin at dusk.
4th March 2008 Black-throated Diver click for image increasing numbers in Loch Slapin with count of 13
2nd March 2008 Purple Sandpiper click for image 5 at Ardnish - also 10 Skylark (A&EH)
2nd March 2008 Reed Bunting click for image up to 9 in a garden at Lower Breakish - a good count by our standards (Lis Phillips)
1st March 2008 Skylark click for image flocks of 15 at Ramasaig and 40 at Waterstein (RMcM)
1st March 2008 Lesser Black-backed Gull click for image single along with Herring Gull at Struan (RMcM)
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