ASSYNT BIRD RECORDS
October 27th 2019
Assynt Wildlife Records Digitisation Project
This Project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Scottish Natural Heritage
The information being made available here has had no interpretation applied.
Many years of work have gone into collating the data by various residents of, and visitors to, Assynt.
The data is free to download but if you make use of it please acknowledge the source with the suggested citation –
Assynt Field Club; Assynt Wildlife Records Digitisation Project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Scottish Natural Heritage
Thank you.
Assynt Bird Records (1MB xlsx)
Recent Sightings
Scotch Argus Butterfly
Single in garden at Baddidaroch Road, Lochinver (AS) (07/08)
Hen Harrier
Single ringtail (female or juvenile male)at Loch na Claise, (Andrew MacKenzie) (06/08)
Common Dolphin
50+ very active animals long way out from Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) (06/08)
Fulmar
five well grown downy chicks on cliffs around Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds (06/08)
Shag
200+ birds on rocks below Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) (06/08)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
two adult birds, Loch Kirkaig (DAH) (05/08)
Curlew
three birds, Loch Kirkaig (DAH) (05/08)
Goosander
single immature bird on River Kirkaig (DAH) (05/08)
