Date |
Species |
Image |
Details |
31st Dec 2013 |
Tufted Duck |
|
female still on Loch Cillchroisd (RMcM) |
31st Dec 2013 |
Turnstone |
|
c30 at Camas Malag, Kilbryde (RMcM) |
30th Dec 2013 |
Black-throated Diver |
|
11 in Loch Slapin and 2 in Loch Scavaig (RMcM) |
30th Dec 2013 |
Great Northern Diver |
|
12 in Loch Slapin and 9 in Loch Scavaig (RMcM) |
30th Dec 2013 |
Whooper Swan |
|
4 at Inverinate causeway (A.Randle) - 8 at River Shiel on 29th (RMcM) |
30th Dec 2013 |
White-tailed Eagle |
|
3 on Beinn Tianavaig + a pair of Golden Eagles (CH) |
30th Dec 2013 |
Eider |
|
100 at Kyleside (A&EH) |
28th Dec 2013 |
Turnstone |
|
4 at Camus a Mhor, Braes (WM) |
27th Dec 2013 |
Barnacle Goose |
|
31 at Stenscholl, Staffin + 10 on Staffin Island (CH) |
26th Dec 2013 |
Goldeneye |
|
9 on Loch Mor, Waterstein + 2 Tufted Duck & a Goldeneye (AS) |
26th Dec 2013 |
Fulmar |
|
36 nest sites already occupied at Neist Point (AS) |
25th Dec 2013 |
Iceland Gull |
|
1st winter at Lower Milovaig (AS) |
24th Dec 2013 |
Blackcap |
|
male at feeders at Glenelg (P.Jones) |
22nd Dec 2013 |
White-tailed Eagle |
|
single on Eaglais Bhreagach, Trotternish (CH); juvenile looking at road kill near the Glebe, Strath (RMcM); one over the road between Drumuie and Portree (NHodgetts) |
22nd Dec 2013 |
Kittiwake |
|
c350 in Sound of Raasay(RMcM) |
22nd Dec 2013 |
Goosander |
|
4 drakes on Loch Slapin (RMcM) |
22nd Dec 2013 |
Fieldfare |
|
50-60 on the path below Ben Suardal, Strath. (MB) |
22nd Dec 2013 |
Red Grouse |
|
single on the road at Braes had to be 'shooed' away before it would move (WM); also 5 on the road at Tote with similar behaviour (C.Alston); - presumably searching for grit? |
21st Dec 2013 |
Collared Dove |
|
excellent count of 50 at Edinbane (M.Perry) |
21st Dec 2013 |
Whooper Swan |
|
3 on The Storr Lochs (CH) |
20th Dec 2013 |
Reed Bunting |
|
two pairs on feeders at Portnalong (ST) |
20th Dec 2013 |
Barn Owl |
|
one in early morning at Lower Breakish (JP) |
19th Dec 2013 |
Tufted Duck |
|
single female on Loch Cillchroisd (RMcM) |
19th Dec 2013 |
Redwing |
|
c40 at the Glebe, Strath with 30 Fieldfare (RMcM) |
19th Dec 2013 |
Brambling |
|
a 'few' with a flock of Chaffinch in Glenelg (JP) |
18th Dec 2013 |
Hen Harrier |
|
another ringtail this time at Borve (TB) |
17th Dec 2013 |
Orca |
|
report of a group of 4 in Loch Dunvegan yesterday - including the male 'John Coe' who is one of our regulars. - per Andy Williams. |
17th Dec 2013 |
Pied Wagtail |
|
scarce in winter, there was a single bird in Kyleakin (MP), and the usual wintering bird at Balmeanach, Braes (WM) |
16th Dec 2013 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
|
24 in Loch Portree (TB) |
16th Dec 2013 |
Hen Harrier |
|
recent reports of ringtails at Feorlig (PE) and Elgol (DW) |
14th Dec 2013 |
Barn Owl |
|
single near Kirkibost, Strathaird (RMcM) |
13th Dec 2013 |
Slavonian Grebe |
|
3 in Broadford Bay (MB) |
13th Dec 2013 |
Brent Goose |
|
single bird still wintering in Broadford Bay (MB) |
13th Dec 2013 |
Turnstone |
|
24 in Broadford Bay + 44 Dunlin and 23 Ringed Plover (MB) |
13th Dec 2013 |
Long-tailed Tit |
|
7 on fatballs at Ferindonald (J.Dawber) |
13th Dec 2013 |
Purple Sandpiper |
|
3 at The Aird, Gedintailor (P.Dark) |
11th Dec 2013 |
Common Gull |
|
300+ in Loch Portree (RMcM) |
11th Dec 2013 |
Barnacle Goose |
|
at Staffin, 22 at Stenscholl and 10 on Staffin Island; also 96 at Kilmaluag (RMcM) |
11th Dec 2013 |
Lapwing |
|
19 at Stenscholl, Staffin + 16 Ringed Plover and a Dunlin (RMcM) |
11th Dec 2013 |
Short-eared Owl |
|
three noted in woodland block on NTS Kintail & West Affric property with good numbers of voles about (RA) |
8th Dec 2013 |
Snow Bunting |
|
now two females at Elgol (RMcM) |
8th Dec 2013 |
Brent Goose |
|
still a single in Broadford Bay (MB) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Grey Wagtail |
|
two at Morvich, Kintail, is an extremely unusual winter record (RA) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Bullfinch |
|
11 at Morvich, Kintail (RA) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Long-tailed Tit |
|
15 at Morvich, Kintail (RA) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Brent Goose |
|
single now at Ashaig (A&EH) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Sanderling |
|
single at Ashaig + 12 Bar-tailed Godwit(A&EH) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Blackcap |
|
single on fatballs at Portnalong (ST) |
6th Dec 2013 |
Woodcock |
|
8 on 5 mile walk through Glen Brittle forest (K.Sadler) |
5th Dec 2013 |
Hen Harrier |
|
working into 50mph winds at Ullinish (PS) |
5th Dec 2013 |
Tufted Duck |
|
single at Breakish Obbe (PP) |
5th Dec 2013 |
Lapwing |
|
single blown across Kyleside (A&EH) |
5th Dec 2013 |
Knot |
|
single in Broadford Bay (MB) |
4th Dec 2013 |
White-tailed Eagle |
|
three juveniles on the shore of Loch Snizort-Beag, teased by an otter (G.Ferguson) |
4th Dec 2013 |
White-fronted Goose |
|
6 flew from Pabay over Ardnish, the first report of this much diminished flock (A&EH) |
4th Dec 2013 |
Jack Snipe |
|
single by the old sheep fank on the Ord road (A.Lyle) |
3rd Dec 2013 |
Golden Plover |
|
12 at Glam, Raasay (J.Gillies) |
2nd Dec 2013 |
Woodcock |
|
3 in Glen Brittle forest (K.Sadler) |
1st Dec 2013 |
Whooper Swan |
|
two at Loch a Ghlinne, Sleat (PP) |
1st Dec 2013 |
Ringed Plover |
|
c100 at Ashaig(A&EH) |
1st Dec 2013 |
Sooty Shearwater |
|
very late single from the Uig-Lochmaddy ferry, half way across (S.Duffield) |