Sightings – September 2010

September 28th 2010

Sightings – September 2010

30+ Common Dolphins off Achmelvich 2nd September (Sandy Glover)

Single Ring Ouzel on slopes of Quinag  2nd September (Lucy Wallace)

10 Common Dolphins in Enard Bay 3rd September (Neil Lloyd-Jenkins)

Single Basking Shark off Clachtoll 5th September (reported by tourist)

Single Basking Shark off Inverkirkaig 9th September (Karen Stewart)

House Martens still feeding young at Drumbeg 3rd September (Andy Summers)

100+ Twite at Clachtoll 6th September (Andy Summers)

40-50 Twite at Achmelvich 9th September (Tina Lloyd-Jenkins)

Nine Sanderling and five Knot Bay of Culkein 12th September (David & Avril Haines)

700+ Manx Shearwaters and one Sooty Shearwater off Rubh’an Dunan 14th September (David & Avril Haines)

First skeins of Pink-footed Geese flying overhead Culkein Stoer 14th September (David & Avril Haines)

Three Pale bellied Brent Geese Culkein Stoer 14th September (David & Avril Haines)

Six Wigeon Bay of Culkein 14th September (David & Avril Haines)

350 Manx Shearwaters in Lochinver bay 17th September (Andy Summers)

65 Jackdaws at Elphin 18th September (David & Avril Haines)

Single Barn Owl at Knockan 26th September (Fiona Saywell)

39 Ringed Plover at Culkein Stoer 26th September (Andy Summers)

Pine Marten near Loch Assynt Lodge 28th September (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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