30/03/2023
- Great Northern Diver (x5)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x7 – probably the last for this winter)
- Teal (a migrant pair on a small lochan)
- Curlew (x2 passage birds)
- Redshank (a noisy pair in territory)
- Sanderling (x40)
- Hen Harrier (female)
- Dunnock (several singing around the village)
- Chiffchaff (in song – less than annual here on Coll)
- Drinker moth (a fat caterpillar in the dunes)
28/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (x3 on our local loch)
- Lesser Black-backed Gulls (x12 a notable flock of new arrivals)
27/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (a large movement of Swans across the island today heading north)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (a flock of 60 birds departed mid-afternoon heading north)
- Wheatear (they’re back! The first two birds of the year around the cottage)
20/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (x2)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x25)
- Barnacle Goose (x450)
- Woodcock (x2)
- White-tailed Eagle (a singe adult bird stressing the local Ravens)
- Redshank and Lapwing (several pairs in territory)
- Common Eelgrass (Zostera marina)
17/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (x2)
- Woodcock (x6 individuals flushed during walk in local plantation)
- Goldcrest (x2 migrants)
16/03/2023
- Stonechats, Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails (suddenly everywhere on recent southerly winds)
- Fox Moth caterpillars (two emerging from hibernation will shortly pupate)
15/03/2023
- Canada Goose (x2+2)
- Lapwing (in territory and displaying)
- Woodpigeon (x2 – first of the spring)
- Dunnock (x2)
- Golden Eagle and Short-eared Owl (both reported in recent days)
11/03/2023
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x51 – a separate flock to the 53 yesterday)
- Pied Wagtail (our second bird of the spring)
10/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (x2)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x53)
09/03/2023
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x53)
- Canada Goose (x27 – a very large arrival of potential breeders)
- Shelduck (the first pair of the spring reported)
- White-tailed Eagle (two separate observations reported today)
- Woodcock (x2)
08/03/2023
- Snow Bunting (a single female on Cliad Beach)
07/03/2023
- Canada Goose (x2+2)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x54)
- Fieldfare
06/03/2023
- Whooper Swan (x2)
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x26)
- Moorhen (x3)
05/03/2023
- Red-breasted Merganser (a stunning drake on Loch Eatharna)
- Dunnock (x5)
- Skylarks (x5 – further arrivals)
- Greenfinch (singing – an uncommon breeder on Coll)
02/03/2023
- Great Northern Diver (x15)
- Cormorant (x2)
- Greenland White-fronted Geese (x30+19)
- Lapwings (several pairs in in territory and displaying)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (x2)
- Black-headed Gull (a spring arrival)
- Jackdaws (x19 – a surprising record)
- Early Purple Orchid rosettes
- Common Whitlow Grass and Primroses in flower