Date |
Species |
Image |
Details |
31st Jul 2018 |
Great Skua |
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6 over Breakish Obbe (NH) |
31st Jul 2018 |
Little Stint |
|
adult with Dunlin in Broadford Bay (NB) |
31st Jul 2018 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
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flock of 21 dropped in to Broadford Bay mid afternoon (NB, RMcM) - same group were later in Breakish Obbe (NH,JP) |
31st Jul 2018 |
Greenshank |
|
7 in Breakish Obbe & 6 Whimbrel (NH) |
30th Jul 2018 |
Arctic Skua |
|
single dark morph at Ashaig, Broadford (RMcM) |
30th Jul 2018 |
Swift |
|
single over Staffin slip (DB) |
30th Jul 2018 |
Little Tern |
|
still five on Staffin Island & two Black-tailed Godwit (DB) |
30th Jul 2018 |
Hen Harrier |
|
ringtail through Broadford Bay tonight looks like a recently fledged bird (MB) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Whimbrel |
|
10 at Waterloo, Broadford in morning (RMcM); 15 flew south from Broadford Bay early afternoon (MB) & a single at Loch Scresort, Rum (SM); at least 5 still present at high tide Broadford Bay (RMcM) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Little Tern |
|
7 in Staffin Bay (DB) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
five on Staffin Island (DB) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Whinchat |
|
seems to have been a good year with at least three fledged broods in Breakish (RMcM) (see Gallery) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Rosy Starling |
|
bird still at Geary (A&AS) - see Gallery for superb image - comparing the images it appears that this is a different bird from the one present in the same garden in mid May. |
29th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
four in Broadford Bay early (A&EH) then 12 later ((RMcM) |
29th Jul 2018 |
Dunlin |
|
300+ in Broadford Bay (RMcM) |
28th Jul 2018 |
Rosy Starling |
|
bird still at Geary associating with flock of Eurasian Starlings (LF) |
28th Jul 2018 |
Shoveler |
|
two at Waterloo, Broadford - one probable juvenile & one adult in eclipse (RMcM) (see Gallery) |
28th Jul 2018 |
Little Tern |
|
two at Staffin Island (DB) |
28th Jul 2018 |
Great Northern Diver |
|
two on Staffin Bay (DB) |
28th Jul 2018 |
Short-eared Owl |
|
single by Ard Dorch at Loch an Cairidh (D&J Franklin) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Rosy Starling |
|
bird again reported from garden at Geary, Waternish (L.Frost) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Lapwing |
|
now 57 at Balmeanach, Ose, including juveniles (RMcM) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
single at Pool Roag & four Greenshank (RMcM) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
|
successful breeding at Lochlonghead with juvenile visiting feeders (PS); scarce on Eigg one flew into Graveyard Wood today (JC) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Knot |
|
three in Broadford Bay (MB) & 160+ Dunlin (NB) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Common Tern |
|
33 in Broadford Bay including 6 juveniles (NB) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Cuckoo |
|
late juvenile at Scullamus, Broadford (RMcM) |
27th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
six in Staffin Bay and two Whimbrel (DB) |
26th Jul 2018 |
Knot |
|
still four in Broadford Bay this morning (MB) & 7 on Ardnish in evening (NH) |
26th Jul 2018 |
Arctic Tern |
|
110 on Staffin Island + 15 Great Skua (MP) |
26th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
four in Broadford Bay first thing (MB) then 6 Turnstone in evening |
26th Jul 2018 |
Cuckoo |
|
late juvenile in Uig Woods (AB) |
25th Jul 2018 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
13 in Broadford Bay (MB) in morning; at Breakish Obbe numbers built up in the evening to a terrific 140 (NH) |
25th Jul 2018 |
Sandwich Tern |
|
four in Broadford Bay + 15 Common Tern and 45 Arctic Tern (NB) |
25th Jul 2018 |
Knot |
|
five in Broadford Bay in morning (P.O.-W) & three Breakish Obbe in evening (NH) |
25th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
single in Broadford Bay (P.O.-W) and 12 at Staffin Bay (DB) |
25th Jul 2018 |
Great Northern Diver |
|
two off Flodigarry (DB) |
24th Jul 2018 |
Rosy Starling |
|
late report of one on the wires at Hallin, Waternish - probably the same bird seen later at Geary |
24th Jul 2018 |
Black-throated Diver |
|
two in Broadford Bay, + single Knot & Turnstone (NB) |
24th Jul 2018 |
Whimbrel |
|
two south at Beareraig Bay, Staffin & a single in Staffin Bay (DB) |
24th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
6 in Staffin Bay (TB) |
23rd Jul 2018 |
Canada Goose |
|
7 at Isleornsay (RC) |
23rd Jul 2018 |
Red-throated Diver |
|
probably three pairs feeding young in the Glendale area- though birds nest on freshwater they fish on the sea for food which they take back to the young (AS) (see Gallery) |
23rd Jul 2018 |
Spotted Flycatcher |
|
adults with two fledged young at Heaste (NB) |
23rd Jul 2018 |
Whimbrel |
|
five at Broadford Bay & a single Black-throated Diver (NB) |
23rd Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
three at Neist Point where there were 400+ Kittiwake, adults & juvs. moving south (AS) |
22nd Jul 2018 |
Arctic Skua |
|
6 at Ashaig moved west towards Broadford Bay late morning(RMcM) (see Gallery); two pale morph in Broadford Bay later, then three in evening (MB) - not sure whether these are duplicate counts |
22nd Jul 2018 |
Dunlin |
|
numbers still building up with 220 in Broadford Bay (MB) |
22nd Jul 2018 |
Tufted Duck |
|
21 at Loch Mealt (DB) |
20th Jul 2018 |
Dunlin |
|
c180 in Broadford Bay (NB,RMcM) - again only a single juvenile; 14 at Kilmory, Rum (SM) |
20th Jul 2018 |
Sanderling |
|
five in Broadford Bay (NB) & three at Kilmory, Rum (SM) |
20th Jul 2018 |
Black-throated Diver |
|
no recent breeding record in Skye & Lochalsh, but four on one loch & two nearby, probably non-breeding birds (DM) |
19th Jul 2018 |
Common Crossbill |
|
two flocks totalling 19 birds near Edinbane (RMcM, AW) |
19th Jul 2018 |
Spotted Flycatcher |
|
fledged brood near Upper Edinbane (RMcM, AW); also fledged brood at Portnalong (ST) |
19th Jul 2018 |
Whooper Swan |
|
summering single still at Ardmore, Waternish (RMcM, AW) |
19th Jul 2018 |
Lapwing |
|
17 including several juveniles near Balmeanach, Ose (RMcM, AW) |
18th Jul 2018 |
Eider |
|
moulting flock of 300 between Ard Dorch and head of Loch Ainort (RMcM) |
18th Jul 2018 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
|
moulting flock of 17 at the head of Loch Ainort (RMcM) |
17th Jul 2018 |
Long-tailed Tit |
|
30+ at Plock of Kyle (A&EH) |
17th Jul 2018 |
Redshank |
|
65 in Broadford Bay (MB) - probably Icelandic birds returning south |
16th Jul 2018 |
Iceland Gull |
|
2ndCY bird at Greshornish Fish Farm (RMcM) |
16th Jul 2018 |
Sandwich Tern |
|
8 in Broadford Bay + 85 Dunlin (MB) |
15th Jul 2018 |
Whimbrel |
|
moving south through Broadford Bay & 18 through as a flock (am) (MB) |
15th Jul 2018 |
Greenshank |
|
14 at the head of Loch Sligachan including juveniles (RMcM) |
15th Jul 2018 |
Grey Plover |
|
single on Ardnish, Broadford (A&EH) |
15th Jul 2018 |
Dunlin |
|
75 in Broadford Bay with only a single juvenile (RMcM) |
15th Jul 2018 |
Red-legged Partridge |
|
bird still at Old Farm Road, Kyleakin, roosting on the windowsill (A.Hi) |
13th Jul 2018 |
Golden Plover |
|
14 on Ardnish, Broadford (A&EH) |
13th Jul 2018 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
|
female with ten small ducklings in Broadford Bay (MB) (see Gallery) |
11th Jul 2018 |
Red-throated Diver |
|
pair on a tiny lochan on island of Wiay, with bird still incubating (RMcM); pair with two small chicks on a small lochan in Duirinish (K. Crunch) |
11th Jul 2018 |
Great Skua |
|
no evidence of breeding but up to 6 birds.present on Wiay (RMcM) |
11th Jul 2018 |
Whimbrel |
|
two flew s/west from Broadford Bay (NB) |
10th Jul 2018 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
|
three at Waterloo, Broadford (NB) - returning waders slow this summer |
10th Jul 2018 |
Shoveler |
|
probable female on small loch beside Raasay House (AH) |
10th Jul 2018 |
Water Rail |
|
calling bird at Loch Cillchroisd, Strath (SG) |
9th Jul 2018 |
Risso’s Dolphin |
|
group of five at Neist Point (AS) ( see cetacean gallery) |
9th Jul 2018 |
Cuckoo |
|
although still the occasional vocal bird, most adults have now left & a fledged bird at Edinbane today & another being fed by a Meadow Pipit above the Fairy Glen, Uig (RMcM, A.Haynes) |
9th Jul 2018 |
Goosander |
|
26 at Loch Portree (NB) |
9th Jul 2018 |
Ring Ouzel |
|
single on moorland above Fairy Glen, Uig (AH) |
8th Jul 2018 |
Storm Petrel |
|
three off Waternish Point from the morning ferry & a single in the evening (RMcM) |
8th Jul 2018 |
Goosander |
|
14 at the head of Loch Portree (NB) |
8th Jul 2018 |
Arctic Skua |
|
single pale morph off Waternish Point from the morning ferry & four in the evening, two pale morph in outer Loch Snizort & two dark morph off the Ascribs (RMcM) |
7th Jul 2018 |
Iceland Gull |
|
two x 2nd CY birds at Black Rock, Portree (NB) |
7th Jul 2018 |
Ring Ouzel |
|
female at Gleann Choinneachain, Kintail (DM) |
5th Jul 2018 |
Carrion Crow |
|
single on Ardnish, Broadford (NH) |
3rd Jul 2018 |
Osprey |
|
single at Loch Snizort.beag moved south (GF) |
3rd Jul 2018 |
Iceland Gull |
|
2cy bird again in Portree harbour (NB) (see Gallery) |
2nd Jul 2018 |
Barnacle Goose |
|
two at Ardmore are probably the same birds recorded on Rum on June 28 (A.Haynes) |
2nd Jul 2018 |
Pink-footed Goose |
|
single at Ardmore, Waternish & summering Whooper Swan still (AH) |
2nd Jul 2018 |
Golden Plover |
|
two flocks totalling 30 birds including juveniles at Ramasaig (AS) (see Gallery) |
1st Jul 2018 |
Sandwich Tern |
|
6 in Broadford Bay (MB) |
1st Jul 2018 |
Iceland Gull |
|
juvenile still at Portree (A.Haynes) |
1st Jul 2018 |
Swift |
|
single at Lealt, Trotternish (A.Haynes) |