Gold-ringed Dragonfly

August 24th 2010

The gold-ringed dragonfly is the largest dragonfly that occurs in Assynt.

A gold-ringed Dragonfly at rest on heather at Little Assynt Estate June 2009
A gold-ringed Dragonfly at rest on heather at Little Assynt Estate June 2009

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Recent Sightings

Sanderling

21 birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (28/05)

Dunlin

68 birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (28/05)

Red-throated Diver

single bird, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (28/05)

Lesser Black-backed Gull

two sub-adult birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH) (28/05)

Osprey

single bird between Ardvreck Castle and Inchnadamph (Michael Rochester). This sighting was made from the service bus! (27/05)

Corncrake

single bird heard calling, Clachtoll croft (AS) (25/05)

Birch Sawfly (Cimbex femoratus)

single club-horned sawfly on Torbreck croft (Corwin Yates). Photo Gallery - Other Insects. (25/05)

Gannet

single bird at east end of Loch Assynt, circling and looking lost (Helen Morrison). The previous two days there had been south easterly gales, turning then into the west. (24/05)

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