September 2025 Sightings

29th September 2025

  • Fieldfare: Two in the garden at Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)

28th September 2025

  • Red Admiral butterflies: 5 Red Admiral butterflies in Torbreck garden, feeding on Michaelmas daisies and Escallonia flowers. (Gwen Richards)

27th September 2025

  • Long-tailed Tit: 13 birds at Clachtoll, an unusual sighting (AS)
  • Peregrine: Single bird hunting at Clachtoll (AS)

26th September 2025

  • Sparrowhawk: Sparrowhawk flying through Torbreck garden (Ian Evans)
  • Red deer stags roaring: Red deer stags roaring in Torbreck (Ian Evans)
  • Pine Marten: On seaward side of wall just west of Creag an Fhithich, Clashnessie (Ian M. Evans)
  • Peregrine Falcon: Perched high on Cnoc nah-Iolaire near Inverkirkaig for some time (Mike Dawber)

25th September 2025

  • Adder: On the all abilities path, just before Ken's viewpoint turn off on the way to Loch an t-Sabhail (Victoria Holder)

24th September 2025

  • Small White Butterfly: Male, second brood Small White Butterfly feeding on Devil's Bit Scabious beside old road near quarry, Little Assynt.(Gwen Richards)

23rd September 2025

  • Kestrel: One bird at Clashmore (JS)
  • Otter: One animal fishing at Loch Roe (Sara Dunn)

22nd September 2025

  • Destroying Angel: Two Fungi seen in Culag Woods (AS)

21st September 2025

  • Whopper Swan: Two flying over Drumbeg (Beccy Garvey)

20th September 2025

  • Whooper Swan: Four birds flying in over Loch Neil Bhàin, Stoer (Jane Livingstone)
  • White-tailed Eagle: Two wheeling quite low (bait boils visible in sea), Dornaidh an Fheoir shoreline (Sara Dunn)

18th September 2025

  • Pink-footed Goose: Five birds on the croft at Clachtoll (AS)
  • Pink-footed Goose: 300+ flushed up by a peregrine at low tide, Lochan na Leobaig (Sara Dunn)
  • Pink-footed Goose: Skein of approx. 50 flying over Drumbeg (Beccy Garvey)
  • Pink-footed Goose: Three skeins of approx. 20, 50 and 250 flying over garden at Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)

17th September 2025

  • Swallow: Single bird at Clachtoll (AS)
  • Adder: A large, active individual on the path near the top gate at Loch Crocach (Calum Millar)
  • Pink-footed Goose: Two skeins of approximately 40 and 120 flying over garden at Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)
  • Fleecy Milkcap (Lactarius vellereus): 20 fungi seen in Torbreck (Gwen Richards)
  • Gannet: 50+ birds; persistent bait boils and feeding birds seen all afternoon, Achmelvich Bay (Sara Dunn)

16th September 2025

  • Curlew: Approximately seven at Achmelvich (Sara Dunn)

14th September 2025

  • Harbour Porpoise: Several animals in Loch Nedd (Anne Roberts)
  • Pink-footed Goose: A skein of approx. 20 and a skein of approx. 50 flying over garden at Ardvar (Beccy Garvey)

9th September 2025

  • Adder: On the Ledmore-Lochinver footpath near the eastern end of Suilven (Alan Blakemore)
  • Golden Eagle: One over southern end of Loch Crocach (Sara Dunn)

8th September 2025

  • Barn Owl: One bird hunting over croftland at Clashmore/Stoer (Jane Livingstone)

7th September 2025

  • Magpie: One individual at Raffin (Beccy Garvey)
  • Weasel: Three individuals crossing the A894 in a line at Unapool burn bridge (Stefan Taylor)

4th September 2025

  • Grey Wagtail: On the sports field in Lochinver, next to An Cala cafe & bunkhouse (Alan Blakemore)

3rd September 2025

  • Common Tern: At least 20 birds in the bay at Badnaban all day presumably feeding up prior to migration (Alexandra Brown)

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