29th June 2020
- Common Dolphin: 16+ animals off Raffin (DAH/Charlotte Newell)
- Arctic Skua: two pale morph birds off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Black-throated Diver: single adult bird, Loch na Bruthaich (DAH). This is a non-breeding loch for this species so it will have flown here from its breeding loch for a bit of RnR!
28th June 2020
- Six-Spot Burnett moth: two in old quarry near Little Assynt (Cheryl Smith)
27th June 2020
- Red-throated Diver: two adult birds, Loch Inver (DAH)
26th June 2020
- Common Dolphin: c10 animals off Stoer Head Lighthouse (Charlotte Newell/DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: three animals (two adults, one calf) off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH/Charlotte Newell)
- Speckled Wood: single butterfly Nedd garden along with 2+ Chimney Sweeper moths (Ian Evans)
25th June 2020
- Chimney Sweeper moth: two in garden at Ardvar (Beccy Garvie)
- Common Scoter: 23 birds flying north, off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: two adults and a calf, off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Great Northern Diver: three immature birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Grey Heron: three birds over Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
24th June 2020
- Common Seal: single adult with pup resting up on Eilean Bad nam Ban, Badnaban Bay (Dave Bird)
- Golden-ringed dragonfly: single hawking along road verge near Glenleraig (DAH)
- Butterflies and moths: three Common Blue, two Meadow Brown, and one Dark Green Fritillary butterflies. Two Six-spot Burnet moths and a single female Northern Eggar moth. All between the road bridge at Glenleraig and the footbridge at start of path to Tumore (DAH)
- Cuckoo: single bird calling, Glenleraig (DAH)
23rd June 2020
- Arctic sandwort (Arenaria norvegica ssp. norvegica): plants at two adjacent sites, Cnoc Eilid Mhathain, Inchnadamph (Gwen Richards and Ian Evans). First recent record.
- Shade Horsetail (Equisetum pratense): plants at one site Cnoc Eilid Mhathain, Inchnadamph (Ian Evans and Gwen Richards). New site for this rare horsetail
- Heath Dog-violet (Viola canina): plants recorded at two sites, Cnoc Eilid Mhathain, Inchnadamph (Gwen Richards and Ian Evans). Only third recent record (first for this century)
22nd June 2020
- Bullfinch: single male in Nedd garden (Ian Evans). Also on 26-06-2020
20th June 2020
- Basking Shark: single off Bay of Stoer (DAH/Charlotte Newell)
- Harbour Porpoise: four animals off Bay of Stoer (DAH/Charlotte Newell)
- Six-Spot Burnett moth: singles seen on Fragrant Orchid, Culkein Drumbeg and on Bird's-foot Trefoil, Stoer Green (DAH)
- Common Blue butterfly: two seen at Knockan and Stoer Green (DAH)
19th June 2020
- Mistle Thrush: four birds over Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Bullfinch: single male on overhead wires, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Bee Chafer Beetle: single feeding on Ox-eye Daisy, Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
- Dark Green Fritillary: single butterfly in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
18th June 2020
- Common Blue Butterfly: Single on bird's-foot trefoil at Clachtoll (AS)
17th June 2020
- Adder: single on Falls of Kirkaig path (Jane Adrian)
- Mistle Thrush: single juvenile in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
- Common Gull: Adult with three chicks in water Loch Neil Bhain, Stoer (AS)
16th June 2020
- Lesser Black-backed Gull: single adult bird eating carrion on main road through Elphin (DAH)
15th June 2020
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid: 6+ spikes on Balchladich croft (Claire Belshaw)
- Small Heath butterfly: three individuals on Balchladich croft (Claire Belshaw)
- Lapwing: adult and two chicks near Assynt Crofters Trust office, Stoer (Claire Belshaw)
- Otter: single animal feeding in and around Bay of Stoer (DAH/Charlotte Newell)
13th June 2020
- Harbour Porpoise: four animals in total off Bay of Stoer (Charlotte Newell/DAH)
- Black-throated Diver: two adult birds, Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: two adult birds, Loch Inver (DAH)
- Sand Martin: 4 birds feeding shore of Loch Assynt at Ardvreck castle (AS)
- Osprey: Two birds SW end of Loch Assynt (AS)
12th June 2020
- Otter: single animal foraging, Loch Dhrombaig (DAH)
- Early Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata pulchella): 10+ Gleann Leireag, along with 5+ Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanther bifolia) (Ian Evans and Gwen Richards)
- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly: 3+ all seen as singles at various locations in Gleann Leireag (Ian Evans and Gwen Richards)
- Argent and Sable moth: 4+ all seen as singles at various locations in Gleann Leireag (Gwen Richards and Ian Evans)
- Small pearl-bordered Fritillary: 4 butterflies on side of path to Loch an t-Sabhail at Little Assynt (AS)
11th June 2020
- Sanderling: single bird, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Dunlin: two birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Curlew: single bird, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
10th June 2020
- House Martin: four birds collecting mud from a puddle, Old Post Office yard, main street, Lochinver (Gwen Richards)
8th June 2020
- Common Blue butterfly: single in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)
- Starling: adult and three juveniles on Lochinver garden feeder (D. McGrath). The feeder contained strawberry flavoured peanut butter!
- Eider: adult female and two downy ducklings, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Hoverfly (Eristalis horticola): two on bracken near Oldany (DAH). This is the first record of this hoverfly species in Assynt and the furthest north-west in the country. Photo Gallery - Other Insects
- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary: 4+ butterflies feeding on Marsh Thistles Culkein Drumbeg (DAH). Photo Gallery - Butterflies
7th June 2020
- Stonechat: single adult and single juvenile, Oldany Farm (DAH)
- Goldfinch: two adults and four juveniles on garden feeder, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
3rd June 2020
- Green Drake Mayfly (Ephemera danica): single adult on edge of woodland south of Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH). Photo Gallery - Other Insects
- Northern Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus): single adult male moth in disused quarry south of Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH). Photo Gallery - Moths
- Blackcap: single bird singing in woodland south of Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH)
- Goldcrest: single bird on Torbreck croft (Gwen Richards)
1st June 2020
- Common Dolphin: 7+ off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Risso’s Dolphin: three animals off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Seven-spot Ladybird: singles seen at Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH) and on gate post of house at Culkein Stoer (Calum Millar)
- Common Scoter: 30 birds flying north, off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Arctic Skua: two birds (one pale, one dark morph) off Stoer Head Lighthouse (DAH)
- Argent and Sable moth: single on Common Daisy, near Lagg (DAH). Photo Gallery - Moths
- Small Heath: single butterfly in Torbreck garden (Gwen Richards)