Friday 31st July
Easter Ross: 27 Manx Shearwater off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: ca 50 Whimbrels Hilton of Delnies (David Bain).
Sutherland: reports of a Red Kite at Apigill Hill (near Bettyhill) and Kirtomy - further reports requested as an unusual record for the species on the north Sutherland coast (via Stephen Kirkup)
Thursday 30th July
Easter Ross: Wood Sandpiper (juv) briefly at Tarbat Ness - was last seen heading south towards Rockfield - plus Whinchat (juv) and two Whimbrel (Dave Tanner).
Inverness: Little Stint still present at Alturlie pools (Colin Leslie). At Whiteness, drake Gadwall (eclipse), single Greenshank, 16 Sanderling, c100 Ringed Plover and c100 Dunlin (Blair Whyte). Five Greenshanks past South Kessock (Al McNee)
Sutherland: early evening seawatch off Embo yielded 75 Manx Shearwater and four Great Skua...and a Minke whale (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 29th July
Easter Ross: juvenile Wheatear at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Greenshank at Coulmore (Bob Wilson). Amongst the waders in Munlochy Bay were three Greenshank and c50 Black-tailed Godwits (Tim Meredith)
Inverness: Little Stint plus Greenshank at Alturlie pools (Bob Wilson) - still present early evening (Alan MacAskill/David Barnett). At Whiteness was a single drake Scaup, female Wheatear and a Grey Partridge near the old fabrication yard (Blair Whyte)
Sutherland: ten Black-throated Divers, 62 Sanderling, single Whimbrel, two Little Tern and 46 Manx Shearwaters at/off Coul links (Dean MacAskill). Unconfirmed report of a Black-browed Albatross off Handa at 1340hrs, heading northeast around 300m from the observer (via John Poyner)
Tuesday 28th July
Easter Ross: eight Turnstone in off the sea at Tarbat Ness, amongst the seabirds were single Manx Shearwater and Puffin (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: Little Stint plus nine Bar-tailed Godwits, c30 Sanderling and c90 Dunlin at Alturlie (Alan MacAskill)
Monday 27th July
Easter Ross: 17 Common Scoters off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), plus juvenile Cuckoo (John Poyner)
Inverness: 31 Sanderling, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, c70 Dunlin and C50 Ringed Plover, plus drake Gadwall (in eclipse) at Whiteness (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: 13 Greenshank at Loch Portree with a further nine at Loch Sligachan, while around Broadford Bay were four Sanderling, c80 Dunlin and a single Knot. Off Kilt Rock were some 250 Manx Shearwaters, with another 100 or so at Loch Snizort (Bob McMillan and skye-birds.com)
Sunday 26th July
Skye & Lochalsh: 180 Dunlin in Broadford Bay plus another 140 at Ashaig, small numbers of Sanderling present at both also (Bob McMillan)
Saturday 25th July
Easter Ross: single Purple Sandpiper and Arctic Tern at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: 18 Bar-tailed Godwit at Alturlie (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: 15 Golden Plover at Ardnish, Broadford, while on Broadford Bay were single Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit (Bob McMillan)
Sutherland: five Purple Sandpiper amongst Turnstones at Brora, with nine Little Terns noted past the river mouth. At Coul Links were 132 Sandwich Terns, two Whimbrel and a single Greenshank, while off Embo were five immature Great Northern Divers, two Great Skuas and single Manx Shearwater (Dean MacAskill)
Wester Ross: single female Shoveler and c300 Common Terns at Mellon Charles (Thomas Plant and Bea Ayling)
Friday 24th July
Easter Ross: 23 Manx Shearwater, 2,500+ Kittiwake plus auk and skua sp. amongst seabird feeding off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: Great Skua off Whiteness with mixed flock of Ringed Plover/Dunlin/Sanderling - 9/Turnstone - 2 also present, Corn Bunting at Milton of Gollanfield (Blair Whyte)
Sutherland: four Whimbrel in Broadford Bay (Bob McMillan)
Thursday 23rd July
Easter Ross: 17 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Greenshanks Munlochy Bay and 100 Canada Geese and an Osprey Udale Bay (Blair Whyte).
Inverness: 4 Whimbrels, Gadwall, Peregrine Whiteness Head (Alan MacAskill), 28 mostly summer-plumaged Black-tailed Godwits and Common Sandpipers Bunchrew (Alan MacAskill).
Badenoch & Strathspey: Pink-footed Goose with Greylag Geese Loch Gynack, Kingussie (Duncan Macdonald), Great Northern Diver and Whooper Swan Loch Insh (Angus Miller).
Wednesday 22nd July
Easter Ross: Nuthatch at feeder Contin (Keith and Rosie Barnes)., Great Crested Grebe Chanonry Point (Alister Clunas).
Inverness: Whimbrel, Water Rail and an Osprey at Alturlie (Blair Whyte).
Badenoch & Strathspey: Great Northern Diver and Whooper Swan Loch Insh (Colin Leslie, Dave Pierce, Sue Sykes).
Skye & Lochalsh: 120 Dunlins but only 1 juvenile Broadford Bay (Bob MacMillan). 3 Black-tailed Godwits Broadford Bay (Martin Benson),
Tuesday 21st July
Easter Ross: Rosy Starling Inver, near Tain (per Blair Whyte) - a controversial bird owing to rather poor photograph, 130 Canada Geese Udale Bay (Blair Whyte), 8 Black-tailed Godwits & 7 Greenshanks Munlochy Bay (Blair Whyte).
Inverness: 2 Ospreys Alturlie (Alan MacAskill).
Badenoch & Strathspey: breeding-plumaged Great Northern Diver for second day, Loch Insh (Steve Broyd.)
Skye & Lochalsh: Arctic Skua Dark phase S, 300 Manx Shearwaters, many Puffins and a leucorhoa Wheatear Neist Point (AS). Nuthatch at feeders The Lodge, Eigg (per JC).
Lochaber: American Black Duck above first bridge, Strontian (per BirdGuides).
Monday 20th July
Sutherland: 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 25 Manx Shearwaters and 6 Bonxies west in 2 hours Strathy Point (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: 3 Greenshanks, 2 Black-tailed Godwits Munlochy Bay (Bob Wilson).
Skye & Lochalsh: 200 Manx Shearwaters off Neist Point (AS), 12 Greenshanks Head of Loch Portree (Neil Bennett).
Sunday 19th July
Sutherland: 230 Dunlins, 116 Sanderlings, 19 Ringed Plovers Dornoch Point (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: 3 Manx Shearwaters, 10 Red-throated Divers, 26 Sandwich Terns, 1 Arctic Tern, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, all W 05.40-08.40, Chanonry Point (Kevin Davis), 3 Arctic Skua (2 dark, 1 light) Chanonry Point (Mary Galloway).
Inverness: 4 Black-tailed Godwits Castle Stuart (Colin Leslie).
Skye & Lochalsh: Rosy Starling still in garden at Erbusaig, different from earlier Kyleakin bird (K MacL), 7 Black-tailed Godwits and a Knot Broadford Bay (Martin Benson), Common Redpoll at feeders Uig (per BirdGuides).
Saturday 18th July
Easter Ross: At Udale Bay were - single Sanderling (sumplum moult) and four sumplum Turnstones (both species unusual for this site), 13 Dunlin, two Greenshank, single Arctic Tern and juvenile Wheatear (Kevin Davis)
Lochaber/The Minch: Sooty Shearwater seen from the Lochboisdale-Mallaig ferry (per skye-birds.com)
Skye & Lochalsh: 24 Whimbrel (flushed by a Sparrowhawk) in Broadford Bay, plus 27 Sanderling and 120 Dunlin (per skye-birds.com)
Friday 17th July
Easter Ross: two Purple Sandpipers, 46 Common Scoter, two Black Guillemot at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Thursday 16th July
Easter Ross: single Whimbrel at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Two Greenshank, eight Bar-tailed Godwit, single Dunlin and Knot plus juvenile Sandwich Tern (Kevin Davis)
Inverness: six Whooper Swans in Glen Strathfarrar (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: Rosy Starling in private garden in Erbusaig (via John Poyner)
Sutherland: three Greenshank at Dornoch Point, while at Embo a 30 minute early evening seawatch included Great Skua, two Aractic Terns, 21 Sandwich Tern and a single Little Tern (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 15th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: Stock Dove at Insh marshes (Duncan Macdonald). Four Mute Swan on Lochindorb - not a common sight there (Mike Crutch)
Easter Ross: two Whimbrel, c30 Swifts, nine Sandwich Tern (including four juveniles) at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Single Red-throated Diver off Chanonry Point, plus single Greenshank in Munlochy Bay (Blair Whyte)
Tuesday 14th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: juvenile Ring Ouzel in Cairngorm Mountain car park (Blair Whyte)
Easter Ross: two Greenshank at Redcastle (Bob Wilson). Two Greenshank and two Wheatears in Udale Bay (John Carruthers)
Monday 13th July
Skye & Lochalsh: 17 Greenshank and wo Bar-tailed Godwits at Loch Portree (per skye-birds.com)
Sutherland: single Wood Sandpiper at Dornoch, with c200 Linnets nearby. Two Greenshank at Loch Fleet (Dean MacAskill)
Sunday 12th July
Easter Ross: two Purple Sandpipers in summer plumage at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), third bird present by late afternoon plus two Knot (Mary Galloway). 15 Dunlin at Inver (Blair Whyte)
Saturday 11th July
Easter Ross: Whimbrel Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner).
Badenoch & Strathspey: juvenile Kingfisher dead on A95 near Aviemore (Mike Coleman).
Friday 10th July
Easter Ross: Bonxie and summer-plumaged Turnstone Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner).
Skye & Lochalsh: 3 Black-tailed Godwits Broadford Bay (Bob McMillan).
Thursday 9th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: 2 Dunlins from The Lookout, Insh Marshes (Dave Pierce)
Skye & Lochalsh: 7 Bonxies Staffin Island and 2 Bonxies Loch Mealt (ML), Water Rail Monkstadt, Kilmuir (ML).
Wednesday 8th July
Easter Ross: 6 Manx Shearwaters Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: singing Lesser Whitethroat near Inverarnie by bridge over R Nairn (Bob Wilson).
Badenoch & Strathspey: 75 Barnacle Geese (feral) Balavil (Dave Pierce).
Tuesday 7th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper still at Dornoch Point (Sue Sykes).
Easter Ross: 37 Common Scoters and a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), female Ring Ousel Redcastle (Lesley Bowman) - unusual time of year for this location.
Monday 6th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper still at Dornoch Point (Steve Broyd et al), 3 Bonxies, 6 Manx Shearwaters and 3 Puffins in evening Embo (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: Pomarine Skua (possibly 2nd summer), 2 Arctic Skuas and a Bonxie Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), 2 Twites Wilkhaven Farm House (Dave Tanner).
Skye& Lochalsh: Kite sp (probably Red) Struan - Portree hill road near to Totardor (M Harper).
Sunday 5th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper with Dunlin, 5 Sanderlings and Whimbrel Dornoch Point (Dean MacAskill), 2 Rosy Starlings Durness, present at least 10 days (per Sutherland Wildlife Group).
Saturday 4th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: Hawfinch in a private garden in Aviemore (Audrey Turner)
Sutherland: two Arctic Skuas at Littleferry (Neil Wilson). Single Whimbrel at Loch Fleet (Alan MacAskill)
Friday 3rd July
Easter Ross: pale morph Arctic Skua off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Juvenile Cuckoo at Chanonry Point (Mary Galloway). Flock of c80 Siskin around Munlochy (Bob Wilson)
Sutherland: Storm Petrel off Brora river mouth (Dean MacAskill)
Thursday 2nd July
Easter Ross: 55 Common Scoter, five Manx Shearwater, 250 Kittiwake, two Puffin off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Sutherland: 17 Wigeon and three Greenshank on Loch Fleet from Skelbo (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 1st July
Skye & Lochalsh: single Whimbrel and three Bar-tailed Godwits in Broadford Bay (Neil Bennett)
Sutherland: 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, nine Dunlin, seven Ringed Plover, four Sanderling and a Grey Plover (Dean MacAskill)
Easter Ross: 27 Manx Shearwater off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: ca 50 Whimbrels Hilton of Delnies (David Bain).
Sutherland: reports of a Red Kite at Apigill Hill (near Bettyhill) and Kirtomy - further reports requested as an unusual record for the species on the north Sutherland coast (via Stephen Kirkup)
Thursday 30th July
Easter Ross: Wood Sandpiper (juv) briefly at Tarbat Ness - was last seen heading south towards Rockfield - plus Whinchat (juv) and two Whimbrel (Dave Tanner).
Inverness: Little Stint still present at Alturlie pools (Colin Leslie). At Whiteness, drake Gadwall (eclipse), single Greenshank, 16 Sanderling, c100 Ringed Plover and c100 Dunlin (Blair Whyte). Five Greenshanks past South Kessock (Al McNee)
Sutherland: early evening seawatch off Embo yielded 75 Manx Shearwater and four Great Skua...and a Minke whale (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 29th July
Easter Ross: juvenile Wheatear at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Greenshank at Coulmore (Bob Wilson). Amongst the waders in Munlochy Bay were three Greenshank and c50 Black-tailed Godwits (Tim Meredith)
Inverness: Little Stint plus Greenshank at Alturlie pools (Bob Wilson) - still present early evening (Alan MacAskill/David Barnett). At Whiteness was a single drake Scaup, female Wheatear and a Grey Partridge near the old fabrication yard (Blair Whyte)
Sutherland: ten Black-throated Divers, 62 Sanderling, single Whimbrel, two Little Tern and 46 Manx Shearwaters at/off Coul links (Dean MacAskill). Unconfirmed report of a Black-browed Albatross off Handa at 1340hrs, heading northeast around 300m from the observer (via John Poyner)
Tuesday 28th July
Easter Ross: eight Turnstone in off the sea at Tarbat Ness, amongst the seabirds were single Manx Shearwater and Puffin (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: Little Stint plus nine Bar-tailed Godwits, c30 Sanderling and c90 Dunlin at Alturlie (Alan MacAskill)
Monday 27th July
Easter Ross: 17 Common Scoters off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), plus juvenile Cuckoo (John Poyner)
Inverness: 31 Sanderling, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, c70 Dunlin and C50 Ringed Plover, plus drake Gadwall (in eclipse) at Whiteness (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: 13 Greenshank at Loch Portree with a further nine at Loch Sligachan, while around Broadford Bay were four Sanderling, c80 Dunlin and a single Knot. Off Kilt Rock were some 250 Manx Shearwaters, with another 100 or so at Loch Snizort (Bob McMillan and skye-birds.com)
Sunday 26th July
Skye & Lochalsh: 180 Dunlin in Broadford Bay plus another 140 at Ashaig, small numbers of Sanderling present at both also (Bob McMillan)
Saturday 25th July
Easter Ross: single Purple Sandpiper and Arctic Tern at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: 18 Bar-tailed Godwit at Alturlie (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: 15 Golden Plover at Ardnish, Broadford, while on Broadford Bay were single Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit (Bob McMillan)
Sutherland: five Purple Sandpiper amongst Turnstones at Brora, with nine Little Terns noted past the river mouth. At Coul Links were 132 Sandwich Terns, two Whimbrel and a single Greenshank, while off Embo were five immature Great Northern Divers, two Great Skuas and single Manx Shearwater (Dean MacAskill)
Wester Ross: single female Shoveler and c300 Common Terns at Mellon Charles (Thomas Plant and Bea Ayling)
Friday 24th July
Easter Ross: 23 Manx Shearwater, 2,500+ Kittiwake plus auk and skua sp. amongst seabird feeding off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: Great Skua off Whiteness with mixed flock of Ringed Plover/Dunlin/Sanderling - 9/Turnstone - 2 also present, Corn Bunting at Milton of Gollanfield (Blair Whyte)
Sutherland: four Whimbrel in Broadford Bay (Bob McMillan)
Thursday 23rd July
Easter Ross: 17 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 Greenshanks Munlochy Bay and 100 Canada Geese and an Osprey Udale Bay (Blair Whyte).
Inverness: 4 Whimbrels, Gadwall, Peregrine Whiteness Head (Alan MacAskill), 28 mostly summer-plumaged Black-tailed Godwits and Common Sandpipers Bunchrew (Alan MacAskill).
Badenoch & Strathspey: Pink-footed Goose with Greylag Geese Loch Gynack, Kingussie (Duncan Macdonald), Great Northern Diver and Whooper Swan Loch Insh (Angus Miller).
Wednesday 22nd July
Easter Ross: Nuthatch at feeder Contin (Keith and Rosie Barnes)., Great Crested Grebe Chanonry Point (Alister Clunas).
Inverness: Whimbrel, Water Rail and an Osprey at Alturlie (Blair Whyte).
Badenoch & Strathspey: Great Northern Diver and Whooper Swan Loch Insh (Colin Leslie, Dave Pierce, Sue Sykes).
Skye & Lochalsh: 120 Dunlins but only 1 juvenile Broadford Bay (Bob MacMillan). 3 Black-tailed Godwits Broadford Bay (Martin Benson),
Tuesday 21st July
Easter Ross: Rosy Starling Inver, near Tain (per Blair Whyte) - a controversial bird owing to rather poor photograph, 130 Canada Geese Udale Bay (Blair Whyte), 8 Black-tailed Godwits & 7 Greenshanks Munlochy Bay (Blair Whyte).
Inverness: 2 Ospreys Alturlie (Alan MacAskill).
Badenoch & Strathspey: breeding-plumaged Great Northern Diver for second day, Loch Insh (Steve Broyd.)
Skye & Lochalsh: Arctic Skua Dark phase S, 300 Manx Shearwaters, many Puffins and a leucorhoa Wheatear Neist Point (AS). Nuthatch at feeders The Lodge, Eigg (per JC).
Lochaber: American Black Duck above first bridge, Strontian (per BirdGuides).
Monday 20th July
Sutherland: 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 25 Manx Shearwaters and 6 Bonxies west in 2 hours Strathy Point (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: 3 Greenshanks, 2 Black-tailed Godwits Munlochy Bay (Bob Wilson).
Skye & Lochalsh: 200 Manx Shearwaters off Neist Point (AS), 12 Greenshanks Head of Loch Portree (Neil Bennett).
Sunday 19th July
Sutherland: 230 Dunlins, 116 Sanderlings, 19 Ringed Plovers Dornoch Point (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: 3 Manx Shearwaters, 10 Red-throated Divers, 26 Sandwich Terns, 1 Arctic Tern, 5 Black-tailed Godwits, 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, all W 05.40-08.40, Chanonry Point (Kevin Davis), 3 Arctic Skua (2 dark, 1 light) Chanonry Point (Mary Galloway).
Inverness: 4 Black-tailed Godwits Castle Stuart (Colin Leslie).
Skye & Lochalsh: Rosy Starling still in garden at Erbusaig, different from earlier Kyleakin bird (K MacL), 7 Black-tailed Godwits and a Knot Broadford Bay (Martin Benson), Common Redpoll at feeders Uig (per BirdGuides).
Saturday 18th July
Easter Ross: At Udale Bay were - single Sanderling (sumplum moult) and four sumplum Turnstones (both species unusual for this site), 13 Dunlin, two Greenshank, single Arctic Tern and juvenile Wheatear (Kevin Davis)
Lochaber/The Minch: Sooty Shearwater seen from the Lochboisdale-Mallaig ferry (per skye-birds.com)
Skye & Lochalsh: 24 Whimbrel (flushed by a Sparrowhawk) in Broadford Bay, plus 27 Sanderling and 120 Dunlin (per skye-birds.com)
Friday 17th July
Easter Ross: two Purple Sandpipers, 46 Common Scoter, two Black Guillemot at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Thursday 16th July
Easter Ross: single Whimbrel at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Two Greenshank, eight Bar-tailed Godwit, single Dunlin and Knot plus juvenile Sandwich Tern (Kevin Davis)
Inverness: six Whooper Swans in Glen Strathfarrar (Blair Whyte)
Skye & Lochalsh: Rosy Starling in private garden in Erbusaig (via John Poyner)
Sutherland: three Greenshank at Dornoch Point, while at Embo a 30 minute early evening seawatch included Great Skua, two Aractic Terns, 21 Sandwich Tern and a single Little Tern (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 15th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: Stock Dove at Insh marshes (Duncan Macdonald). Four Mute Swan on Lochindorb - not a common sight there (Mike Crutch)
Easter Ross: two Whimbrel, c30 Swifts, nine Sandwich Tern (including four juveniles) at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Single Red-throated Diver off Chanonry Point, plus single Greenshank in Munlochy Bay (Blair Whyte)
Tuesday 14th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: juvenile Ring Ouzel in Cairngorm Mountain car park (Blair Whyte)
Easter Ross: two Greenshank at Redcastle (Bob Wilson). Two Greenshank and two Wheatears in Udale Bay (John Carruthers)
Monday 13th July
Skye & Lochalsh: 17 Greenshank and wo Bar-tailed Godwits at Loch Portree (per skye-birds.com)
Sutherland: single Wood Sandpiper at Dornoch, with c200 Linnets nearby. Two Greenshank at Loch Fleet (Dean MacAskill)
Sunday 12th July
Easter Ross: two Purple Sandpipers in summer plumage at Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), third bird present by late afternoon plus two Knot (Mary Galloway). 15 Dunlin at Inver (Blair Whyte)
Saturday 11th July
Easter Ross: Whimbrel Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner).
Badenoch & Strathspey: juvenile Kingfisher dead on A95 near Aviemore (Mike Coleman).
Friday 10th July
Easter Ross: Bonxie and summer-plumaged Turnstone Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner).
Skye & Lochalsh: 3 Black-tailed Godwits Broadford Bay (Bob McMillan).
Thursday 9th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: 2 Dunlins from The Lookout, Insh Marshes (Dave Pierce)
Skye & Lochalsh: 7 Bonxies Staffin Island and 2 Bonxies Loch Mealt (ML), Water Rail Monkstadt, Kilmuir (ML).
Wednesday 8th July
Easter Ross: 6 Manx Shearwaters Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Inverness: singing Lesser Whitethroat near Inverarnie by bridge over R Nairn (Bob Wilson).
Badenoch & Strathspey: 75 Barnacle Geese (feral) Balavil (Dave Pierce).
Tuesday 7th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper still at Dornoch Point (Sue Sykes).
Easter Ross: 37 Common Scoters and a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), female Ring Ousel Redcastle (Lesley Bowman) - unusual time of year for this location.
Monday 6th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper still at Dornoch Point (Steve Broyd et al), 3 Bonxies, 6 Manx Shearwaters and 3 Puffins in evening Embo (Dean MacAskill).
Easter Ross: Pomarine Skua (possibly 2nd summer), 2 Arctic Skuas and a Bonxie Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner), 2 Twites Wilkhaven Farm House (Dave Tanner).
Skye& Lochalsh: Kite sp (probably Red) Struan - Portree hill road near to Totardor (M Harper).
Sunday 5th July
Sutherland: Semi-palmated Sandpiper with Dunlin, 5 Sanderlings and Whimbrel Dornoch Point (Dean MacAskill), 2 Rosy Starlings Durness, present at least 10 days (per Sutherland Wildlife Group).
Saturday 4th July
Badenoch & Strathspey: Hawfinch in a private garden in Aviemore (Audrey Turner)
Sutherland: two Arctic Skuas at Littleferry (Neil Wilson). Single Whimbrel at Loch Fleet (Alan MacAskill)
Friday 3rd July
Easter Ross: pale morph Arctic Skua off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner). Juvenile Cuckoo at Chanonry Point (Mary Galloway). Flock of c80 Siskin around Munlochy (Bob Wilson)
Sutherland: Storm Petrel off Brora river mouth (Dean MacAskill)
Thursday 2nd July
Easter Ross: 55 Common Scoter, five Manx Shearwater, 250 Kittiwake, two Puffin off Tarbat Ness (Dave Tanner)
Sutherland: 17 Wigeon and three Greenshank on Loch Fleet from Skelbo (Dean MacAskill)
Wednesday 1st July
Skye & Lochalsh: single Whimbrel and three Bar-tailed Godwits in Broadford Bay (Neil Bennett)
Sutherland: 16 Bar-tailed Godwit, nine Dunlin, seven Ringed Plover, four Sanderling and a Grey Plover (Dean MacAskill)