30th April 2020
- Meadow Pipit: c45 feeding on short grass of Clachtoll camp site (AS)
- Sand Martin: single bird investigating nest holes in sand bank, Clachtoll (AS)
- Red-breasted Merganser: 10 birds (2 pair, 4 males, 2 females) Clashnessie Bay (DAH). The unpaired males were displaying to the unpaired females. Photo Gallery - Birds
- Lapwing: c10 birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- White Wagtail: at least two male birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: three summer plumage birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Dunlin: nine birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Golden Plover: c35 birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Black-headed Gull: three birds, including one 1st-winter, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
29th April 2020
- Cuckoo: Adult calling at Stoer (AS)
- Wheatear: single bird, Cathair Dhubh (Cheryl Smith)
- Whimbrel: 16 at Clachtoll (AS)
- Swallow: two birds nest building in barn, Torbreck (Cheryl Smith)
28th April 2020
- Pine Marten: On Clachtoll beach (Paul Devall)
- Grasshopper Warbler: single bird seen and heard 'reeling', Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: two birds, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH)
27th April 2020
- Green Tiger Beetle: single Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Slow-worm: single on Achmelvich croft (Mandy Haggith)
- Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus): single male beetle on Achmelvich croft (Mandy Haggith)
- Swallow: three over Loch Inver (Jane Young)
- Green-veined White butterfly: single, A'Chloist, Culkein Drumbeg (Ian Evans) and two in Stoer garden (Claire Belshaw)
26th April 2020
- Pink-footed Goose: 65 heading north-west over Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Common Sandpiper: 2 birds on foreshore of Loch Sgeireach, Stoer (AS)
- Arctic Tern: 2 birds returned from Africa at Clachtoll beach (AS)
25th April 2020
- Blackcap: single bird singing, Nedd garden (Ian Evans)
- Chiffchaff: Singing male in Culag wood, above garage (AS)
24th April 2020
- Blackcap: at least two birds singing, Glencanisp road Lochinver (DAH)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker: bird seen and heard drumming, Glencanisp road Lochinver (DAH)
23rd April 2020
- House Martin: two birds, Drumbeg (Wendy Glover)
- Common Sandpiper: four birds, Lochan na Leobaig, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Great Skua: four around creel boat, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Common Sandpiper: two birds, Duart Drumbeg (Gwen Richards)
22nd April 2020
- Red Admiral butterfly: two, Ardvar garden (Beccy Garvie)
- Chiffchaff: single bird singing, Ardvar garden (Beccy Garvey)
- Bullfinch: five birds (3 male, 2 female) feeding on sallow buds, Nedd garden (Ian Evans)
- Merlin: Pair at Clachtoll, possibly displaying (AS)
- Great Northern Diver: Single at sea near Clachtoll Broch (AS)
- Swallow: Single flying over Clachtoll (AS)
21st April 2020
- Common Lizard: single, Loch a'Choireachain, Brackloch (Ian Evans)
- Common Lizard: two Loch Uidh nan Coirp, Brackloch (Gwen Richards)
- Green Tiger Beetle: single Brackloch, Loch Uidh nan Corp (Ian Evans)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker: adult male on garden peanut feeder, Lochinver (David McGrath). Photo Gallery - Birds
- Peacock butterfly: single in Stoer garden (Claire Belshaw)
- Snipe: Two drumming males at Clachtoll crofts (AS)
- Blackcap: Singing male behind harbour in Culag woods (AS)
20th April 2020
- Lapwing: Three pairs at Clachtoll incubating. Note this is fewer than previous years (AS)
- Small Tortoishell Butterfly: Two in garden for last five days feeding on nectar from dandelions and grape hyacinths (AS)
- Golden Plover: 25 birds on crofts at Clachtoll (AS)
19th April 2020
- Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral butterflies, Common Carder Bee: singles of each in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
- Blackcap: single male briefly on peanut feeder, Nedd garden (Ian Evans)
- Green Tiger Beetle: six recorded around Ardroe (Claire Belshaw)
- Whimbrel: Single adult on Stoer green (AS)
18th April 2020
- Toad spawn: many strings in small but deep peaty pool near 'loops', Gleann Leireag (Ian Evans)
- Tufted Duck: Male on Loch an Aigeil, Clachtoll (AS)
17th April 2020
- Peacock butterfly: two on open wooded hillside above Manse Loch, Achmelvich (Gwen Richards/Ian Evans)
- Cuckoo: single birds heard calling, Strathan (Clarinda Chant) and near Oldany (DAH). Previous year's 1st-dates - 2019, 9th April; 2018, 18th April and 2017 25th April.
16th April 2020
- Swallow: single bird over Loch Drumbeg (DAH)
- Merlin: single male, near Achnacarnin (DAH)
- Golden Plover: 17 birds flying, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Barnacle Goose: two birds feeding with 18 Pink-footed Geese, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Mixed waders: Turnstone 5, Ringed Plover 11, Sanderling 1, Dunlin 1, Redshank 1, all Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Pink-footed Goose: single skein of c200 birds over Culkein Drumbeg early morning (DAH)
- Redwing: 24 birds at Clachtoll, presumably heading north (AS)
- Common Carder Bumblebee: First of the year for this bee species feeding on comfrey in garden (AS)
- Water Vole: single animal seen near Ardvreck Castle (Cheryl Smith)
15th April 2020
- Meadow Pipit: 12 birds feeding together, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Red-breasted Merganser: three male birds, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH)
- Pink-footed Geese: 55 birds on crofts at Clachtoll with 15 Greylags (AS)
14th April 2020
- Redwing: 20 birds in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
13th April 2020
- Swallow: single bird feeding over Loch Drumbeg (Corinne France). Our first Assynt Swallow of 2020!
- Common Sandpiper: single bird, Loch Drumbeg (Corinne France)
- Black-throated Diver: single bird, Loch Drumbeg (Corinne France)
12th April 2020
- Redwing: 30+ Schoolhouse garden, Inchnadamph (Helen Morrison)
- Black-throated Diver: two birds, east end of Loch Assynt (Helen Morrison)
10th April 2020
- Pink-footed Goose: 6+ skeins reported with a total of over 800 birds from Stoer (Bill and Val Badger) to Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Great Skua: single bird Lochan na Leobaig, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Shelduck: two birds Lochan na Leobaig, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Willow Warbler: single birds singing in Nedd garden (Ian M. Evans) and near Rhicarn (DAH)
- Redwing: 10+ in trees around Nedd (Ian M. Evans)
- Redwing: 12 birds, part of a bigger flock on their spring raid of an Elphin garden (Rosie Christmas)
9th April 2020
- Common Shrew: single animal feeding on road verge, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH). This animal was clearly showing its spring moult. Photo Gallery - Land Mammals
- Reed Bunting: two male birds in reeds, Loch na Claise (Claire Belshaw)
- Teal: three pairs, Loch na Claise (Claire Belshaw)
- White Wagtail: two birds feeding voraciously, Bay of Culkein (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds
- Black-headed Gull: three adult birds and one 1st-winter, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Greenshank: two birds, Loch Neil Bhain (DAH)
- Mining Bee (Andrena sp.): several in Ardroe garden (Richard Evans) Most likely Andrena clarkella or A. ruficrus
8th April 2020
- Red-throated Diver: two birds in summer plumage, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH)
7th April 2020
- Slow-worm: three individuals, walled garden Glencanisp Lodge (Claire Belshaw)
- Greenshank: single bird heard calling, Loch Nedd (Ian M. Evans)
- Wheatear: three birds on croft land near Loch Ruighean an Aitinn, Drumbeg (DAH)
6th April 2020
- Stoat: single animal in Stoer garden (Claire Belshaw)
- Goldeneye: eight birds (3 male, 5 female) Loch Ruighean an Aitinn, Drumbeg (DAH)
5th April 2020
- Pink-footed Goose: c70 birds heading north over Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
4th April 2020
- Redwing: four birds at Clachtoll (AS)
- Red-breasted Merganser: two pairs, Badnaban Bay (Dave Bird)
- Shelduck: three birds, Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Divers: three Great Northern and a single Red-throated Diver Loch Dhrombaig (DAH)
3rd April 2020
- Curlew: 12 birds Clachtoll (AS)
- Greenshank: two birds, Lochan an Tairbh, Torbreck (Gwen Richards)
2nd April 2020
- Carrion Crow: single bird, Culkein Stoer (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds
- Lesser Black-backed Gull: single adult bird, Bay of Culkein (DAH). Another of our summer visitors has arrived. Photo Gallery - Birds
- Eider: 12 birds, including two 1st-winter males, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Turnstone: eight birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Guillemot: single bird in estuary of the Leireag River, Nedd (Ian M. Evans)
1st April 2020
- Greenshank: four birds, Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Shelduck: pair of birds, Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Teal: seven birds (four male, three female), Oldany estuary (DAH)
- Curlew: five birds, Oldany estuary (DAH)