30/11/2022
- Greenland White-fronted Geese (x25)
- White-tailed Eagle (an adult bird terrorising the local Greylags!)
- Curlew (x6)
29/11/2022
- Great Northern Diver (x4)
- Red-throated Diver
- Greenland White-fronted Geese (x65)
- Whooper Swans (x8)
- Dunlin (a single bird with Ringed Plovers)
- Sanderling (x40)
- Turnstone (x5)
- Redwings
- Fieldfares
28/11/2022
- Great Northern Diver (x4)
- Red-throated Diver (x3)
- Mute Swans (2 still around)
- Whooper Swan (a lone juvenile)
- Greenland White-fronted Geese
- Barnacle Goose (c850)
- Snow Goose (4 local feral birds)
- Pintail (a single female)
- Wigeon (x20)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (x2)
- Lapwings (x70)
- Snipe (x3)
- Woodcock (x1)
- Hen Harrier
- Redwings
- Fieldfares
- Hedgehog (a late individual – looked well-fed)
25/11/2022
- Peregrine (a female hunting in dreich weather)
22/11/2022
- Mute Swan (two birds still on local loch)
- White-fronted Goose (a single flock of 50 feeding in the dairy fields)
- Kestrel
- Fieldfare (small parties)
- Redwing (larger parties)
- Jackdaw (one at least still around)
- Twite (now 20 birds in our local flock)
- Otter (fresh tracks on our local beach)
21/11/2022
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Teal (x12 – numbers slowly climbing)
- White-fronted Goose (x19)
- Tufted Duck (female-type – a different individual to the adult male we’ve had since the 11 Nov – which has now moved on!)
- Redwing (x6)
- Jackdaw (a single bird – the last of a party of 70 that arrived in late October!)
- Twite (two small flocks of 6 and 10)
- Snow Bunting (a single flyover bird)
18/11/2022
- Mute Swan (a pair on our local loch – the first since March 2021)
- Teal (x4 – numbers slowly building on our local loch)
- Mallard (x12)
- Woodcock
- Fieldfare (x30)
16/11/2022
- White-tailed Eagle (a juvenile low over our cottage)
- Hen Harrier
15/11/2022
- Tufted Duck (the drake still around)
- Redwing (x50)
14/11/2022
- Jack Snipe (first of the autumn)
13/11/2022
- Tufted Duck (single male still around)
- Teal (still just the two)
- Redwing (x10)
12/11/2022
- Woodcock (in the village)
11/11/2022
- Tufted Duck (a single male new in)
- Teal (a pair – first of the autumn on our local loch)
- Kestrel
9/11/2022
- Woodcock (on the road at night)
- Hen Harrier (male)
8/11/2022
- Great Northern Diver (x4)
- Cormorant (x3 incl 1 juv)
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Sanderling (x35)
- Ringed Plover (x85)
- Turnstone (x35)
- Dunlin (x3)
- Curlew (x9)
- Redshank (x4)
- Woodcock (first of the autumn!)
- Otter (fresh prints)
3/11/2022
- Great Northern Diver (x3)
- Red-throated Diver
- Canada Geese (x3)
- Ringed Plover (x100)
- Sanderling (x40)
- Dunlin (x1)
- Turnstone (x5)
- Brown Hare
- Otter (prints)
- Lyme Grass (new station)
1/11/2022
- White-fronted Goose (x22)
- Mistle Thrush (hanging around with the Redwings in the village – a Hebridean rarity!)
- Redwings (still plenty around)
- Fieldfare (just the one individual today as they pass through)