ASSYNT MARINE RECORDS (ex. cetacean and seal)
March 5th 2020
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 Marine Records (ex. Cetaceans and Seals) (106KB xlsx)
Recent Sightings
Greylag Goose
Eleven birds feeding on margins of frozen Loch an Aigeil (AS) (22/01)
Common Gull
Flock of 29 feeding on Stoer Green (AS) (21/01)
Goldfinch
c20 birds on garden trees, Drumbeg (Nancy Millar) (17/01)
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Two separate reports of birds using peanut and fat ball feeders in gardens at almost opposite ends of Assynt.
Single bird on peanut feeder, Elphin (Rosie Christmas)
Single bird on fat ball feeder, Culkein Drumbeg (Carol Langford) (17/01)
Twite
26 birds at Split Rock, Clachtoll (AS) (16/01)
Fieldfare
Small flock of 20 at Clachtoll (AS) (16/01)
Goldcrest
Single bird foraging under garden feeders, Torbreck (Jack Wright) (14/01)
Dipper
Three birds on River Inver opposite Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH). At least one of these birds was singing. (12/01)
