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31st July
Badenoch and Strathspey: Red-necked Grebe on the River Spey between 0.5-1 mile upstream of Broomhill Bridge (Pete Gordon). Quail calling 1 mile east of Duthill, between Carrbridge and Dulnain Bridge (Mark Hamblin). 30th July
No reports... 29th July
Sutherland: Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Dornoch Point this afternoon, and a Pintail at Loch Fleet (Dean MacAskill). Easter Ross: Adult Little Egret at Loch Eye at midday in the northeast corner (Peter Stronach). Skye and Lochalsh: Rosy Starling still in Geary, Waternish (Andy Stables). Inverness-shire: 12 Greenshank at Castle Stuart bay today along with 3 Common Sandpipers and two Whimbrel (Colin Leslie). 28th July
Inverness-shire: Juvenile Black Tern at Whiteness Head with terns at high tide roost at 1349pm, High tide tomorrow at 1405pm (Jon Clarke/Peter Stronach), also 333 Sandwich Tern, 5 Whimbrel and 1200 Dunlin. Skye and Lochalsh: Rosy Starling again in the same garden in Geary, Waternish (per Bob McMillan). 27th July
Skye and Lochalsh: Rosy Starling back in the same garden in Geary, Waternish (per Bob McMillan). Easter Ross: No sign of the Turtle Dove in Cromarty between 0800-0850am (Peter Stronach). A report on the Moray and Highland facebook group of breeding Black Redstarts within the Cairngorms in Badenoch and Strathspey, if accepted this would be the first breeding record for Highland. 26th July
Easter Ross: Turtle Dove still at Cromarty this morning drinking from puddle by green shed on Shore Street (Kevin Davis). Skye and Lochalsh: 160 Dunlin, 4 Knot, 4 Sanderling and 65 Ringed Plover in Broadford bay this morning (Martin Benson). Wester Ross: A Bar Headed Goose is with the local greylag flock on crofts below the post office area in Achiltibuie (Stuart Edwards). Note there is an annual influx of Bar-headed Geese into northeast Scotland, peaking in June, the Achiltibuie record may relate to these. 25th July
Easter Ross: Turtle Dove in Cromarty this morning drinking from puddle by green shed on Shore Street (Kevin Davis). Skye and Lochalsh: 13 Black-tailed Godwits in Broadford bay (Martin Benson). 24th July
Inverness-shire: 90 Bar-tailed Godwit at the Carse of Ardersier (Tom Wells). 23rd July
Inverness-shire: 600+ Common Terns at Whiteness bay (Jon Clarke). 22nd July
Skye and Lochalsh: Six Arctic Skuas at Ashaig flying west (Bob McMillan). 21st July
Easter Ross: At Udale Bay this morning 2 Greenshank, 10 Knot, 6 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 dunlin, Canada Geese nos building up with 164 present plus a few friends with 1 Greylag, 2 Canada x Greylag hybrid & 1 Barnacle Goose also present single osprey, 1 Pink-footed Goose and female Red-breasted Merganser with 8 very small young (Kevin Davies). 20th July
Inverness-shire: Male Long-tailed Duck at Whiteness (Al McNee). Badenoch and Strathspey: 8 Barnacle Geese at Balavil, believed to be feral stock (Dave Pierce). 19th July
No reports... 18th July
No reports... 17th July
No reports... 16th July
Inverness-shire: 81 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Grey Plover at Whiteness Bay (Jon Clarke). Skye and Lochalsh: 2CY Iceland Gull at Greshornish (Bob McMillan). Easter Ross: Ruff at Loch Eye (B Swann). 15th July
Skye and Lochalsh: Grey Plover at Ardnish and 18 Whimbrel at Broadford Bay (Bob McMillan). 14th July
Sandwich Terns have nested in a Cromarty Firth tern colony. This is the first breeding attempt in the Firth since 4 pairs at Nigg in 1993, many thanks to Bob Swann for the information. 13th July
Easter Ross: 15 Manx Shearwater past Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). 12th July
No reports... 11th July
Lochaber: Black Duck still at Strontian (T Smout). Inverness-shire: 65 Knot at Whiteness Bay (Jon Clarke). Easter Ross: Male Long-tailed Duck off Chanonry Point today (M Pearson per M Galloway). 10th July
No reports... 9th July
Inverness-shire: Honey Buzzard flying over the Monadhliaths today (Tom Wells). A second pair of Nuthatches have bred in Highland with six healthy young about to fledge. The nesting area is in Oak woodland above Invermoriston in Inverness-shire at NH422169. 8th July
Skye and Lochalsh: 3 Storm Petrel past Waternish Point (B McMillan). 7th July
Inverness-shire: Two Black-tailed Godwits in summer plumage at Castle Stuart this morning (Colin Leslie). 6th July
No reports... 5th July
Inverness-shire: 100+ Bar-tailed Godwits and 63 Knot at Whiteness bay (Jon Clarke). Badenoch and Strathspey: ca2000 Greylag on Lochindorb today (Jack Harrison) 4th July
3rd July
Skye and Lochalsh: Iceland Gull at Portree (Bob McMillan). 2nd July
Skye and Lochalsh: 2 Barnacle geese at Ardmore (Bob McMillan). 1st July
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Highland Birds
