30th September 2022
- Shag: 30+ birds and a single Cormorant, Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
29th September 2022
- Otter: Single female with two kits swimming along the shore at high tide, Balchladich Bay (Peter Reynolds)
28th September 2022
- Whooper Swan: Three birds flying towards Loch na Claise (Peter Reynolds)
- Whooper Swan: Three birds flying over Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
- Red Admiral: Single butterfly in garden, Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
27th September 2022
- Whooper Swan: Six birds, Cam Loch (Rosie Christmas). This is the first reported sighting for autumn 2022. Previous first recorded sightings are 23/9 (2021), 23/9 (2020), 17/9 (2019), 27/9 (2018)
26th September 2022
- Great Black-backed Gull: Five birds, Balchladich Bay (Peter Reynolds)
- Gannet: Seven birds, including two juveniles and one immature, Balchladich Bay (Peter Reynolds)
25th September 2022
- Red Deer: Single stag rutting with eight females, reed beds south of Loch na Claise (Peter Reynolds)
24th September 2022
- Pink-footed Goose: 32 birds over Oldany heading south-east (DAH)
23rd September 2022
- Common Darter (Sympetrum Striolatum): 50+ dragonflies seen along All Abilities path, Little Assynt (Charlie Leeson)
- Pink-footed Goose: Single skein of c80 birds heading south-east over Culkein Drumbeg mid-evening (DAH)
- Long-tailed Tit: 21 birds moving through garden, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH)
- Ptarmigan: Three birds on Spidean Coinich (Karen Beattie)
22nd September 2022
- Black-throated Diver: Single bird, Balchladich Bay (Peter Reynolds)
- Devil’s Coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens): Single beetle on slabs around house, Clachtoll (DAH)
21st September 2022
- Stoat: Single animal dragging (still alive) rabbit across the road near cemetery, Stoer (Peter Reynolds)
20th September 2022
- White-tailed Eagle: Single bird reported from the north of the parish
19th September 2022
- Wren: Single bird in garden, Clashmore (Jane Livingstone)
18th September 2022
- Ringed Plover: 27 birds resting on sand, Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Dunlin: Six birds on beach, Culkein Stoer (Peter Reynolds)
- Turnstone: Six birds on beach, Culkein Stoer (Peter Reynolds)
- Ringed Plover: Eight birds on beach, Culkein Stoer (Peter Reynolds)
17th September 2022
- Wheatear: Single bird, Clashmore (Richard Chappell & Ennis Jones)
- Peregrine Falcon: Single bird flying south over Balchladich Bay (Peter Reynolds)
16th September 2022
- Harbour Seal: 62 animals hauled out on rocks at Loch Roe, Achmelvich (AS)
15th September 2022
- Pied Wagtail: c80 birds coming into roost in the evening at the reed bed at Loch an Aigeil, Clachtoll (AS)
14th September 2022
- Pink-footed Goose: c. 70 birds heading SSE over Clashmore (Richard Chappell & Ennis Jones)
- Little Grebe: Two birds, Loch na Claise and single bird Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer (Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
- Teal: Four birds, Loch na Claise (Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
- Dipper: Single bird, Lochan an lasgaich, opposite Little Assynt Tree Nursery (DAH/Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
13th September 2022
- Pink-footed Goose: c. 60 birds heading south-east over Culkein Stoer (DAH/Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell). Our first report this autumn. Previous first dates: 2021, 23rd September; 2020, 5th September; 2019, 16th September.
- Leach’s Storm-petrel: Single adult bird rescued from 'Rientraid fish farm' (Victor Rooney/Paul Nelson). The bird was brought to Andy Summers to check its condition before being released. This is a rare record for Assynt. Photo Gallery - Birds
- Broom Moth caterpillar (Melanchra pisi): Single caterpillar on Red Goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum) beach, Culkein Stoer (DAH/Ennis Jones). Photo Gallery - Moths
- Curlew: Five birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH/Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
12th September 2022
- Kestrel: Single bird hovering, Culkein Drumbeg (Steve Langford)
- Common Snipe: Single bird flushed from moorland, Clashmore (Ennis Jones)
11th September 2022
- Shag: C150 birds on rocks by lighthouse, Stoerhead (Charlie Leeson, Helen & Malcolm McGillvray)
10th September 2022
- Common Dolphin: c50 very active animals feeding off Bay of Clachtoll (DAH/Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
- Harbour Porpoise: Three animals off Bay of Stoer and a single very close in, Bay of Clachtoll (Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell/DAH)
- Great Skua: Single bird off Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Sanderling: Four juvenile birds, Bay of Stoer (DAH)
- Starling: c170 birds on overhead wires and feeding on the green, Stoer (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds
9th September 2022
- Otter: Single animal, Loch na Claise (Richard Chappell and Ennis Jones)
8th September 2022
- Grey Wagtail: Single bird feeding on insects, Glendarroch Lochinver (Chris & Fran Barley)
- Peacock Butterfly: Single butterfly, Stoerhead lighthouse (Ennis Jones)
- Ptarmigan: Single bird heard near Spidean Coinich (Keith and Nita Salmon)
- Raven: Nine birds over Spidean Coinich, Quinag (Keith and Nita Salmon)
7th September 2022
- Common Lizard: Single female basking by roadside, Clashmore (Ennis Jones & Richard Chappell)
- Redshank: A group of 14 birds, Lochan na Leobaig (Andy Summers, Charlie Leeson & others)
- Curlew: Single bird, Lochan na Leobaig (Andy Summers, Charlie Leeson & others)
5th September 2022
- Little Grebe: Two birds, Loch na Claise (Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
4th September 2022
- Magpie: Single bird near Clashmore being vigorously mobbed by Swallows (Richard Chappell and Ennis Jones)
- Gannet: Nine adult birds feeding in and just out from Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Black Darter (Sympetrum danae): Single male basking on heather in warm sunshine, Clashmore (Ennis Jones and Richard Chappell)
2nd September 2022
- Common Dolphin: c50 very active animals close in and just off Bay of Stoer (Raymond and Bunty Ferguson)
- Jackdaw: 20+ birds, Elphin (DAH). Part of Assynt's only resident population of this species.
1st September 2022
- Pygmy Shrew: Single animal (in mousetrap!), Torbreck (Michael Rochester)