29th May 2019
- Dragonfly and Damselfly: three species from the 'Curling Pond' in Culag Woods (DAH) - Four-spotted Chaser dragonfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly and Large Red Damselfly - photo - Gallery Dragonflies
- Birds – Culag Woods: a list of bird species seen and/or heard in Culag Woods in a couple of hours (DAH) - Chaffinch, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Creeper, Siskin, Lesser Redpoll, Song Thrush, Wren, Grey Heron, Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Woodpigeon.
28th May 2019
- Birch sawfly: On path to Loch Crocach (AS)
27th May 2019
- Siskin: five birds in Torbreck garden (Paul Burnett)
- Peregrine: single bird taking small wader, possibly Ringed Plover, Culkein Stoer (Paul Burnett)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker: single female in Torbreck Garden (Paul Burnett)
- Lesser Redpoll: three birds in Torbreck garden (Paul Burnett). This seems to be an exceptional year for this species with their 'morse-code' flight song being heard throughout Assynt.
25th May 2019
- Pine Marten: single animal foraging in Lochinver garden (David McGrath). Photo Gallery - Land Mammals
- Great Black-backed Gull: 34 birds on Loch na Bruthaich (DAH)
- Common Sandpiper: two birds Loch na Bruthaich (DAH)
24th May 2019
- Black-throated Diver: single bird on Loch Druim Suardalain (DAH)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker: single bird in trees near Glencanisp Lodge (DAH)
- Bullfinch: three birds seen and/or heard Glencanisp road (DAH)
22nd May 2019
- Cuckoo perched on TV antenna, harried by Dunnock: single bird perched on TV antenna being harried by a Dunnock, Torbreck (Michael Rochester)
21st May 2019
- Ptarmigan: two birds in summer plumage, Sail Garbh, Quinag (Adrian Stabler)
- Black-tailed Godwit: single bird Bay of Culkein (Janet French). Photo - Gallery Birds
19th May 2019
- Garganey: single male Loch Neil Bhain (DAH). This is only the third Assynt record of this species. Photo - Gallery Birds
- Lapwing: three adult birds and one chick, Loch Neil Bhain (DAH)
- Whimbrel: two birds near Culkein Drumbeg jetty (DAH). Photo - Gallery Birds
- Risso’s Dolphin: four animals off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- Arctic Tern: 15+ birds on offshore island Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Shelduck: pair still present Oldany estuary area (DAH)
18th May 2019
- Golden Plover: at least four birds on grazing land Balchladich (Janet French)
17th May 2019
- Arctic Skua: both a dark and a pale morph bird off Stoerhead Lighthouse (Mal Edwards)
- Minke Whale: single animal off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
16th May 2019
- Basking Shark: single animal off Stoerhead Lighthouse (Hiro Suzuki). Quite an early record for Assynt and it follows a report of one off Handa two days earlier.
- White-tailed Eagle: single juvenile bird over Stoer, circled slowly then flew off south-east (Claire Belshaw)
- Golden Plover: single bird on grazings, Balchladich (Janet French)
- Minke Whale: single adult and an adult plus calf off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- Risso’s Dolphin: at least four, probably six, animals off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: four animals off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: four birds, Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Black Guillemot: five birds on rocks below Stoerhead Lighthouse and several more on the water (DAH). Photo - Gallery Birds
14th May 2019
- Black-throated Diver: three birds Achmelvich Bay (Mark Fairless)
- Arctic Skua: two pale morph birds harassing a Great Skua, Raffin area (DAH). These two birds are likely to have a nest nearby given the aggression shown to the Great Skua.
- House Sparrow: two juvenile birds being fed by adult female, Culkein Stoer (DAH). Photo - Gallery Birds
13th May 2019
- Sanderling: three birds, one in well advanced spring-summer plumage, Bay of Culkein (DAH). Photo - Gallery Birds
- Dunlin: 40+ birds, many gaining breeding plumage, Bay of Culkein (DAH). Photo - Gallery Birds
- Swallow: five birds flying in and out of a traditional nesting site, Balchladich (DAH)
- Greylag Goose: two adults with four, still 'yellow', goslings Loch na Claise (DAH)
- Whimbrel: eight birds Balchladich (DAH)
12th May 2019
- Whimbrel: five birds roosting on rocks below Clachtoll Broch (Andy and Liz Amphlett)
- Magpie: two birds seen in Culkein Stoer garden (Annella Bulch). Almost certainly the same two seen at Clashmore on the 10th. Photo - Gallery Birds. Both birds still present 14-5-19 (DAH)
- Redpoll: pair on Lochinver garden feeder - nyger seed (Jane Young)
- Harbour Porpoise: three animals off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- House Martin: single bird Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
11th May 2019
- Shelduck: two birds Oldany estuary (DAH)
10th May 2019
- Otter: single adult, Bay of Stoer (Karen MacKenzie)
- Magpie: two birds in Clashmore garden (Frances MacKenzie). The second record of Magpie in Assynt this year but, as far as we know, the first report ever of two birds.
- Sand Martin: two birds over Clachtoll (Tony Mainwood)
- Common Tern: c25 birds off Clachtoll (DAH)
- Arctic Skua: single pale morph bird over Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Kittiwake: 300+ birds dip feeding off Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Black-headed Gull: two adult birds, Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Whimbrel: four birds, Bay of Stoer (DAH)
9th May 2019
- Red-breasted Merganser: pair in Loch Inver near Culag River culvert (Laura Traynor)
- Merlin: male twice through birds feeding at Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- White Wagtail: four birds Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Dunlin: 12 birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Whimbrel: six birds on grazing, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
7th May 2019
- Grey Wagtail: single bird feeding on Allt a Ghamhna, north of Quinag (DAH)
- Dipper: single bird feeding on Allt a Ghamhna, north of Quinag (DAH)
- Pink-footed Goose: c60 landed on the sea off Stoerhead Lighthouse (DAH)
- Kittiwake: 200+ feeding off Clachtoll (DAH)
6th May 2019
- Black-tailed Godwit: 3 birds in summer plumage still around with Whimbrel at Clachtoll (AS)
5th May 2019
- Whimbel: 33 birds on croftland at Clachtoll (AS)
4th May 2019
- Eider: 2 males, 1 female, Loch Roe (Richard Evans)
3rd May 2019
- Goldfinch: three birds on Culag Park, Lochinver (Vickii Campen)
- Golden Plover: 31 at Clachtoll near Clachtoll Broch (AS)
- Whimbrel: 20 birds on croftland at Clachtoll (Roz Summers)
2nd May 2019
- Black-tailed Godwit: 9 birds in splendid summer plumage at Clachtoll (AS)
- Whimbrel: 9 birds Clachtoll crofts (AS)
1st May 2019
- Adder: Very dark individual slithered away into heather near Loch Crocach (AS)
- Harbour Porpoise: single animal off Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Whimbrel: four birds, Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Greenshank: three birds, Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Slow-worm: male on house doorstep, Culkein Drumbeg (Janet Robinson)