30th November 2023
- Little Grebe: Two birds, Loch Inver (DAH)
29th November 2023
- Mixed Gulls: 69 Common Gulls, 13 Great Black-backed Gulls, 9 Herring Gulls, and a single Black-headed Gull, all resting on sand at Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
- Red-breasted Merganser: Two birds (a pair) Clashnessie Bay (DAH)
27th November 2023
- Woodcock: Eight birds, disturbed from side of road in darkness, Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
26th November 2023
- Kestrel: Single adult female on overhead wires, Stoer (DAH)
- Barn Owl: Adult bird hunting near reed bed at Loch na Claise (AS)
- Whooper Swan: Two birds, Loch an Aigeil (CADL). Seen later on Lochan Sgeireach (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds
- Snipe: Three birds, by Clachtoll Broch (CADL)
- Harbour Porpoise: Single animal less than 100m off Clachtoll (DAH) and two others off small bay south of the Split Rock (Lana Bracewell)
- Great Northern Diver: Seven birds off Clachtoll (DAH)
25th November 2023
- Little Grebe: Single bird, Loch an Aigeil (CADL)
- Moorhen: Three birds, Loch an Aigeil (CADL)
24th November 2023
- Otter: Animal hunting at the mouth of Culag river, in Lochinver Bay (AS)
- White-tailed Sea Eagle: Immature bird being mobbed by Hooded Crows at Clachtoll (AS)
22nd November 2023
- Blackcap: Male bird coming into garden to eat bits of apple at Clachtoll, followed by a female two days later (AS)
21st November 2023
- Whooper Swan: Four birds, Lochan na Leobaig, Culkein Drumbeg (Janet Robinson). Also four birds (two adult), Loch nan Claidhmhnean (Stefan Taylor)
- Great Northern Diver: Two birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- ‘Crows’: Four Hooded Crow, single Carrion Crow, and a single hybrid Hooded-Carrion Crow, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Waders: 11 Ringed Plover, 9 Oystercatcher, single Turnstone, Dunlin, Snipe, Curlew, and Bar-tailed Godwit (DAH). Photos of the Godwit on Gallery - Birds
- Common Scoter: Five birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Pied Wagtail: Single male bird, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Little Grebe: Three birds, Loch na Claise (DAH)
- Goldeneye: Three birds (2 male, 1 female) Loch na Claise (DAH)
- Weasel: Single animal in garage (possibly looking for mice and voles), Nedd (Benjamin McTaggart)
20th November 2023
- Great Spotted Woodpecker: Single bird in garden, Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
19th November 2023
- Teal: Party of twelve birds coming into roost on reedbed on Clachtoll crofts (AS)
- Pipistrelle Bat: Six animals hunting before dusk, Inchnadamph (Stefan Taylor). Also multiple others seen on drive back to Nedd
18th November 2023
- Otter: Animal catching and eating an adult Shag, Lochinver bay (Stuart MacClelland)
- Redwing: 30+ birds, Clachtoll (CADL)
- Waxwing: Two birds in garden, Drumbeg (Calum Millar)
16th November 2023
- Goldcrest: Single bird in garden, Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
- Kingfisher: Single bird in Loch Inver (Corwin Yates). This is the second Assynt record of this species in 2023. Previous most recent records were both from 2017.
15th November 2023
- Snipe: Six birds, Culkein Stoer (Stefan Taylor)
- Redshank: Four birds, Culkein Stoer (Stefan Taylor)
- Curlew: Five birds, Culkein Stoer (Stefan Taylor)
- Ringer Plover: 15+ birds, Culkein Stoer (Stefan Taylor)
- Barnacle Goose: 26 birds, Culkein Stoer (Stefan Taylor)
- Common Dolphin: Six + animals feeding off Clachtoll (CADL)
14th November 2023
- Otter: Single animal, mouth of river Inver, Lochinver (Karen Beattie)
- Red-breasted Merganser: Single male, Lochinver (Karen Beattie)
13th November 2023
- December Moth (Poecilocampa populi): Single moth on outside door frame, Culkein Drumbeg (Carol Langford)
- Tawny Owl: Single bird, Torbreck (Carol Langford)
12th November 2023
- Golden Eagle: A pair soaring together (Stefan Taylor)
- Snow Bunting: Single bird seen and heard, Quinag (Stefan Taylor)
- Ptarmigan: Evidence of birds - many roost and caecal droppings, Quinag (Stefan Taylor)
11th November 2023
- Common Dolphin: Three animals foraging/feeding off Clachtoll (DAH)
- Long-tailed Duck: The single female bird is still showing up on Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer (DAH)
- Snipe: Two birds diving into the reed bed at Loch an Aigeil, Clachtoll (DAH)
- Pied Wagtail: Single male bird, Clachtoll (DAH). We are lucky if we have the occasional Pied Wagtail at this time of year, most of our birds migrate south for the winter.
10th November 2023
- Goldcrest: At least six birds in Spruce trees, Culag woods (AS)
- Long-tailed Tit: Party of 20+ birds in the Culag Woods (AS)
- Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima): Two clumps on beach, Clashnessie (Ian Evans). Still in flower, with some fruits. Appears sporadically on this beach.
9th November 2023
- Knot: Single bird, Rubha an Dunain (Paul Burnett)
- Otter: Single animal, Loch Ardbhair (Beccy Garvey). Also on same day, single animal seen feeding, Lochinver harbour (Fiona Carter)
8th November 2023
- Goldcrest: Single bird in garden, Culkein Stoer (Paul Burnett)
- Teal: Three male and single female in lagoon, Duart (Stefan Taylor)
7th November 2023
- Whooper Swan: Three birds flying south over Culkein Drumbeg (Carol Langford)
6th November 2023
- Grey Wagtail: Single 1st-winter bird, Culkein Drumbeg (DAH). Photo Gallery - Birds
- Carrion Crow: Single bird, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Barnacle Goose: 28 birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH/Paul Burnett)
- Redwing: 21 birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH)
- Curlew: Five birds, Culkein Stoer (DAH/Paul Burnett)
- Kittiwake: Three birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Razorbill: Two birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Purple Sandpiper: Two birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Red-throated Diver: Single bird, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Great Northern Diver: Two birds, Bay of Culkein (DAH)
- Harbour Porpoise: Two animals travelling south just offshore Split Rock, Clachtoll (CADL)
- Whooper Swan: Three birds flying over Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
- Dipper: Single bird, Lochan an Iasgaich (Fiona Carter)
5th November 2023
- Short-eared Owl: Single bird, by Rubha an Dunain, Culkein Stoer (Paul Burnett)
- Barn Owl: Single bird seen at dusk in woodland near Loch Ruighean an Aitinn, Drumbeg (Beccy Garvey)
- Stonechat: Single adult male by Loch an Aigeil (CADL)
- Brambling: Two birds, Church Road, Stoer (CADL)
- Blackcap: Single bird on feeder, Clachtoll (Stevan Lockhart)
- Waxwing: Three birds feeding on apples, Lochinver (Adele Hersey)
4th November 2023
- Common Dolphin: c12 animals off Clachtoll (Charlie Leeson/DAH)
- Long-tailed Tit: 25+ birds in trees at and opposite Loch nan Eun, near Brackloch (DAH)
- Long-tailed Duck: Single bird, a winter plumage female on Lochan Sgeireach, Stoer (DAH). A second slightly unusual bird on the loch this week. Again, as with Tuesday's Common Scoter we are much more familiar with LTD out at sea. Photo Gallery - Birds
- Common Scoter: Single bird, Loch Nedd (Stefan Taylor)
- Swallow: Single bird, Culkein Stoer (Paul Burnett). A very late sighting
3rd November 2023
- Buzzard: Two birds soaring (Fiona Carter)
2nd November 2023
- Waxwing: Three birds feeding on rose hips under Kylesku Bridge (Stefan Taylor)
1st November 2023
- Waxwing: c12 birds in Lochinver garden (Dave McBain)
- Blackcap: Two birds, a male and a female, feeding on apples, Lochinver (Adele Hersey)
- Blackcap: Single male in garden, Nedd (Ian Evans)