Sightings – June 2010

July 12th 2010

Sightings – June 2010

Black-headed Bunting single bird at Raffin 1st June (Helen Steven) 

Mountain Hare on Quinag 1st June (Gordon Sleight)

Greylag Goose with 7 goslings, Strathan 2nd June (Andrew Stewart)

Ring Ouzel with young on Sail Garbh, Quinag 3rd June (Roz Summers)

Ring Ouzel with young on Suilven 3rd June (reported)

Single adult Whooper Swan on Loch Borralan 5th june (Andy Summers)

Great-Northern Diver Clashnessie Bay on 6th June (reported)

Two Basking Sharks off Stoer lighthouse 6th June (reported)

Two Harbour Porpoise off Clashnessie 7th June (reported)

Two Basking Sharks off Clachtoll 8th June (reported)

Single Common Blue butterfly at Calda house 14th June (Andy Summers). Possibly first of the year.

Single Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly at Blar nam Fear Mora, Little Assynt 15th June (Andy Summers)

Pair of Yellowhammer at Badbnaban 15th June (Tina Lloyd-Jenkins).

100+ Common Dolphin off Clachtoll 26th June (reported)

Nine Black-throated Divers on Loch Borralan 29th June (Andy Summers)

Two calling male Corncrakes at Culkein, Stoer 28th June (Andy Summers)

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Recent Sightings

Sanderling

Two feeding along the shoreline at Clashnessie Beach (Pete) (20/08)

Fox Moth Caterpillar

One at Torbreck (Cheryl Smith) (17/08)

Burying Beetle

One in a garden at Torbreck (Cheryl Smith) (12/08)

Bee Beetle

One in a garden at Torbreck (Cheryl Smith) (11/08)

Golden Eagle

One at Elphin (Pete) (11/08)

Scotch Argus butterfly

Four at two locations along Drumbeg Peat Road (Vince Hilton) (09/08)

Barn Owl

Hunting at last light, c. 22:00, Eadar da' sloc, near Lochinver (Michael Rochester) (08/08)

Spotted Flycatcher

A family group of three nested locally (Stefan Taylor) (04/08)

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