31st August 2017
- Bank Vole: single animal photographed feeding in Badnaban garden (Dave Bird). Photo on Land Mammals gallery
- Common Dolphin: c30 off Bay of Stoer (DAH)
29th August 2017
- Beech-green Carpet moth (Colostygia olivata): single on door to Achmelvich Youth Hostel (Sarah Livingstone)
- Knot: single juvenile Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Turnstone: four (2 adult, 2 juvenile) on rocks below Rubh'an Dunain (DAH)
- Wigeon: nine (4 male 5 female) flying past Rubh'an Dunain (DAH)
- Whimbrel: 10 over Rubh'an Dunain (DAH)
- House Sparrow: 30+ adults and juveniles Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Dunlin: single juvenile bird Bay of Culkein (DAH)
27th August 2017
- Slow worm: At least ten females basking together beside road at junction of A837 and B869 (AS)
- Goldfinch: Flock of 70+ feeding on knapweed on a croft in Clachtoll (AS)
26th August 2017
- More Cetaceans!: Minke Whale-1, Common Dolphin-c80 and Harbour Porpoise-5 (including a mother and calf) all off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
25th August 2017
- Cetaceans: Minke Whale-2; Risso's Dolphin-6; Common Dolphin-c60 and Harbour Porpoise-10 all off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
23rd August 2017
- White-tailed Eagle: immature bird over Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: two off Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Common Dolphin: small pod of c6 off Bay of Clachtoll (DAH)
- Arctic Skua: single dark morph bird harassing Kittiwakes off Bay of Clachtoll (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: five feeding close in Achmelvich Bay (DAH)
- Whimbrel: single bird Achmelvich Bay (DAH)
- Black-throated Diver: three adult birds Achmelvich Bay (DAH)
- Redshank: two birds Achmelvich Bay (DAH)
22nd August 2017
- Lesser Swallow Prominent moth: single moth on wall of Achmelvich Youth Hostel (Sarah Livingstone)
21st August 2017
- Grey Wagtail: single adult male Oldany estuary (DAH)
20th August 2017
- Starlings: 42 on the roof of Achmelvich Youth Hostel (Sarah Livingstone)
- Common Dolphin: 20+ feeding for c3 hours between Bay of Stoer and Bay of Clachtoll and visible from both locations (DAH)
- Redshank: single juvenile bird Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Ringed Plover: five Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: two off Bay of Stoer (DAH)
18th August 2017
- Common Dolphin: small pod of around six animals off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Black-tailed Godwit: 10 over Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Golden Plover: c55 past Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Pied Wagtail: six over car park at Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Goldfinch: 12 feeding on road near Strathcroy (DAH)
17th August 2017
- Whimbrel: single bird with two Curlew Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Great Skua: ten in total either on or following local creel boat off Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Sanderling: two adult birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Dunlin: eight juvenile birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull: single adult bird feeding on croft near Stoer Village Hall (DAH)
16th August 2017
- House Martin: 16 feeding over harbour area Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Lesser Redpoll: five on shore line rocks Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
15th August 2017
- Grey Wagtail: single bird seen on shore of Cam Loch (Sarah Livingstone)
- Curlew: five on Stoer green (DAH)
- Goldfinch: four (adult and three juveniles) Culkein Stoer (DAH)
14th August 2017
- Willow Warbler: bird heard singing in Culkein Drumbeg (DAH). This is likely to be a juvenile bird getting in some practise for next year
13th August 2017
- Common Dolphin: several small pods of 4-20 animals off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Arctic Skua: single dark morph bird harassing a Kittiwake off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Tawny Owl: single bird calling over Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Merlin: single bird hunting just above grass height near Raffin (DAH)
- Common or Harbour Seal: 48 off Culkein Drumbeg jetty (DAH)
12th August 2017
- Willow Warbler: single bird feeding in Torbreck garden (Michael Rochester)
- Common Dolphin: 50+ between Clachtoll and Bay of Stoer (DAH/Tam and Cilla Barnshaw/Stuart Belshaw)
- Moorhen: single juvenile bird Loch na Claise (DAH)
- Little Grebe: three Loch na Claise (DAH)
- Redshank: 12 Bay of Culkein and 30+ over Clachtoll (DAH)
- Linnet: adult male and two juveniles Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- House Sparrow: 21 Culkein Stoer and c30 Balchladich (DAH)
11th August 2017
- Slow-worm: single crossing track near Ardroe (Margaret Mason)
- Sparrowhawk: single adult bird over Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: two adult birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Dunlin: seven juvenile birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Sanderling: two juvenile birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Otter: single sighting at Achmelvich (AS)
8th August 2017
- Harbour Porpoise: two off Achmelvich Bay (Sarah Livingstone)
- Osprey: single bird being mobbed by Buzzard over Little Assynt (Don O'Driscoll)
- Common Dolphin: c100 off Clachtoll (Emma Steel and Emily Burton, Whale and Dolphin Conservation)
- Red-throated Diver: five (2 adult 3 juvenile) off Clachtoll (DAH)
7th August 2017
- Bullfinch: two calling in trees near Loch Poll track (DAH)
- Curlew: three adults Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Red-breasted Merganser: adult female and three mid-sized fledglings Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Otter: single in Loch Inver off Baddidarach (Michael Mason)
- Antler Moth: two on wall of Achmelvich Youth Hostel (Sarah Livingstone)
- Pebble Prominent moth: single on wall of Achmelvich Youth Hostel (Sarah Livingstone)
- Six-spot Burnet Moth: four in Achmelvich Youth Hostel garden (Sarah Livingstone)
- Small Tortoiseshell butterfly: single near Ardroe (Sarah Livingstone)
- Speckled Wood butterfly: multiple sightings near Ardroe (Sarah Livingstone)
6th August 2017
- White-tailed Eagle: four, including non-adult birds, flying over Little Assynt All Abilities path car park (Stewart Yates). This species does not breed in Assynt but an interesting record.
- Common Dolphin: pod of 15+ off Stoer Head Lighthouse (Tam Barnshaw)
- Harbour Porpoise: two adults off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Small Tortoiseshell butterfly: singles seen at Culkein Stoer (DAH) and Clachtoll (Les and Liz Pearce)
5th August 2017
- Redshank: single bird Rubh'an Dunain (Gwen Richards)
- Swallow: 30+ feeding over Culkein Stoer and the bay (DAH)
- Twite: 17 Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Dunlin: eight (1 adult 7 juvenile) Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Ringed Plover: eleven (adults and juveniles) Bay of Culkein (DAH)
3rd August 2017
- Otter: two orphaned otter cubs rescued near Clachtoll; story and photographs under Articles & News
2nd August 2017
- Red-breasted Merganser: seven (adults and juveniles) Oldany estuary (DAH)
1st August 2017
- Red-throated Diver: two adults off Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Common Dolphin: total 60+ in several pods off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: three adults off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)