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29th February
Easter Ross: 7 Little Gulls at Brora from the beach car park, four 1st winters and 3 adults. 36 Snow Buntings at Dornoch, south of the burn on the beach. 28th February
Easter Ross: Northern Eider at Loch Fleet viewed from Littleferry. Skye: White-billed Diver in Uig Bay early afternoon, not present later in the day. 27th February
Easter Ross: Tundra Bean Goose with Pink-feet at Alcaig, Black Isle. Black-throated Diver at Jemimaville, also 10 Slavonian Grebes and 253 Scaup. Ring-billed Gull still in Pefferside Park. Lochaber: Juvenile Iceland Gull in Mallaig. 26th February
Skye: No sign of Firecrest today at Portree, 38 Great Northerns, 6 Black-throated and 14 Slav Grebes between Pabay Sound and the Skye Bridge. Lochaber: Firecrest in the Lodge grounds today, Eigg. Wester Ross: juvenile Iceland Gull still at Ardmair, juvenile Glaucous Gull still at Ullapool harbour. Easter Ross: It would appear the Tarbat Ness Common Crane last seen on the 21st January has reappeared on North Ronaldsay, see image below. Prior to arriving at Tarbat Ness it had been present in Caithness at Quoys of Reiss for approximately 11 weeks. 25th February
Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull still at Dingwall, again at boating pool before flying into Tesco roof at 14:00pm. Skye: Firecrest again briefly at lunchtime, on the Portree Industrial Estate, behind Sitekit offices. 24th February
Skye: Firecrest again present on the Portree Industrial Estate, behind Sitekit offices, until early afternoon. Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull still at Dingwall, adult on Pefferside Park boating pond at 1030am, then flew to Academy roof. 23rd February
Skye: Firecrest reported today from the Portree Industrial Estate - seen for an hour early afternoon. Wester Ross: At Kishorn Fish Farm, juvenile Glaucous Gull still present. Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull still at Dingwall boating pond this morning. Sutherland: Avocet still present today at the Kyle of Tongue. Showing distantly in a channel east of NC555560. 22nd February
Easter Ross: 2 Snow Buntings on beach at Dornoch, 3 Slavonian Grebes off pier at Embo. Badenoch and Strathspey: 2W Glaucous Gull at still at Broomhill. 21st February
Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull again at Dingwall. Redhead Smew at Loch Eye again on southern shore. Wester Ross: juvenile Iceland Gull still at Ardmair, juvenile Glaucous Gull still at Ullapool harbour. Sutherland: First-winter male Black Redstart at bay of Culkein. 20th February
Lochaber: Juvenile Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull at Mallaig harbour. Inverness-shire: 3 Bean Geese ssp at Dalcross (Birdtrack). 19th February
Sutherland: Avocet again at Kyle of Tongue at mouth of burn at NC565566. Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull again briefly early afternoon at Dingwall boating pond. American Wigeon again at high tide at Tain Links. 24 Snow Buntings on the beach at Dornoch. 18th February
Sutherland: Snowy Owl "recently" near Lairg (per B'guides). Easter Ross: American Wigeon again this morning at Tain. Badenoch and Strathspey: Great White Egret at Loch Insh (per B'guides). Wester Ross: Juvenile Iceland Gull still at Isle Martin, Ardmair Inverness-shire: 2 Little Egrets at Inverness airport. 17th February
Easter Ross: Easter Ross: Ring-billed Gull again at Dingwall boating pond. Smew at Loch Eye still, in southwest corner. Wester Ross: 2 juvenile Iceland Gulls around the fish cages at Ardmair. 16th February
Wester Ross: Glaucous Gull 1W still in Ullapool at West Shore Street (per B'guides). 15th February
Easter Ross: American Wigeon again this afternoon at Tain. 18 Purple Sandpipers to the south of Embo pier. 13th February
Easter Ross: 23 Snow Buntings on beach south of burn at Dornoch and 59 at Dornoch Point. 6 Little Gulls at Brora, 3 adults, 2nd winter and two first winters. Scandinavian Rock Pipit at Portmahomack. Lochaber: Juvenile Glaucous Gull and juvenile Iceland Gull still at Mallaig. 12th February
Lochaber: Nuthatch at Roybridge. Juvenile Glaucous Gull and juvenile Iceland Gull at Mallaig. Easter Ross: 23 Snow Buntings on beach south of burn at Dornoch. 11th February
Sutherland: Avocet again at Kyle of Tongue on high tide roost at NC554541. Great Grey Shrike at Badnabay, on wires at NC208475. Glaucous Gull 1W, Iceland Gull 1W, 7 Little Auk and 7 Slavonian Grebes at Loch Eriboll. First-winter Little Gull at Brora (per B'guides). 10th February
Sutherland: Avocet at Kyle of Tongue at NC558544. Easter Ross: American Wigeon again this morning at high tide at Tain. Wester Ross: Iceland Gull 1W still at Isle Martin, Ardmair. 9th February
Sutherland: Little Auk flew south past Embo, also juvenile Little Gull and 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese (per B'guides). Easter Ross: Redhead Smew at Loch Eye still (per B'guides). 8th February
Sutherland: Adult Little Gull at Brora (per B'guides). Wester Ross: Glaucous Gull 1W still in Ullapool at West Shore Street (per B'guides). Easter Ross: Red-necked Grebe at Chanonry Point. 2 Velvet Scoters with Common Scoter flock at Dornoch. 7th February
Badenoch and Strathspey: 2W Glaucous Gull at Broomhill, and 1W Iceland Gull still. Easter Ross: Redhead Smew at Loch Eye still, in southwest corner viewed from western concrete jetty. American Wigeon again this morning at high tide at Tain. Drake Velvet Scoter flew past Tarbat Ness. Scandinavian Rock Pipit at Portmahomack. 6th February
Badenoch and Strathspey: Glaucous Gull at Balliefurth, Nethybridge (per B'guides). 5th February
Easter Ross: American Wigeon again this morning at high tide at Tain Links. Showing well just of the parking area. Also 20 Shoveler and 80 Pintail. Badenoch and Strathspey: 2W Glaucous Gull at Broomhill, and 1W Iceland Gull still. 4th February
Badenoch and Strathspey: 2W Glaucous Gull at Broomhill, and 1W Iceland Gull still. Easter Ross: Redhead Smew at Loch Eye still, in southwest corner viewed from western concrete jetty. Red-necked Grebe at Dalmore (Birdtrack). Wester Ross: Iceland Gull still at Isle Martin, Ardmair. 3rd February
Easter Ross: Redhead Smew at Loch Eye. Badenoch and Strathspey: 2W Glaucous gull at Aviemore tip in the morning, different individual to the Broomhill Station bird. Wester Ross: Iceland Gull 1W still at Ardmair. |
Highland Birds
