29/06/2023
- Bonxie (in short supply this year as a result of Bird Flu)
27/06/2023
- Hen Harrier (both males and females regularly being observed now – evidence of nestlings)
- Great Skua (just a single bird over the cottage – still in very short supply this year)
- Woodpigeons (a pair – be still my trembling heart!)
- Spotted Flycatcher (a single bird has been in the same area on and off for several weeks now)
- Silver Ground Carpet (a delightful moth)
26/06/2023
- Red-throated Diver
- White-tailed Eagle
- Arctic Skua
- Fulmar (an outlier of x3 nesting birds away from the usual colony)
- Common Wave moth
- Woodpigeon (x2)
- (Golden Eagle reported)
24/06/2023
- Hen Harrier (female)
- Kestrel
- Woodpigeon
- Common Wave moth
- Painted Lady (new for year)
22/06/2023
- Hen Harrier (male and female birds seen)
- Twite (x2)
- Greenfinch (x14 – Three family groups together)
- Marsh Fritillary (a new butterfly for Coll)
- Silver Hook (a new moth for Coll)
- Wood Tiger moth (at a new location for Coll)
- Adder’s Tongue Fern (a nice little colony among Bracken)
- Heath Violet (a newly discovered site for Coll)
- Lesser Water Plantain (flowering)
- Marsh Arrowgrass (flowering)
15/06/2023
- Great Norther Diver (x4 displaying and calling)
- Arctic Skua
- Great Skua
- Fulmar
- Hen Harrier
- Harbour Porpoise (x4 seen from New Pier)
- Meadow Brown (first of the year)
- Yellow Shell moth (in abundance in the machair)
- Northern Colletes bee
14/06/2023
- Woodpigeon
- Moths (new for year): True Lover’s Knot, Dark Arches, Northern Rustic, Eana penziana
- Frog Orchid (first of the year)
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid
- Fragrant Orchid (first of the year)
- Marsh St John’s Wort
- Pipewort
- Water Lobelia
- Lesser Marshwort
13/06/2023
- Red-throated Diver
- Arctic Skua
- Great Skua
- Manx Shearwater (a colossal raft of birds west of Coll)
- Common Dolphin
- Four-spotted Chaser
- Magpie moth (a mass emergence today)
- Six-spot Burnet moth
- Clouded Border moth
- Pale Butterwort
- Oblong-leaved Sundew
- Royal Fern
12/06/2023
- Red-throated Diver
- Hen Harrier
- Corncrake (good views of calling birds)
- Black-headed Gull (x2)
- Arctic Skua
- Spotted Flycatcher (an uncommon migrant here on Coll)
- Large Heath butterfly
- Dark Green Fritillary butterfly
- Purple Bar moth
- Sea Bindweed (at only known station on Coll)
11/06/2023
- White-tailed Eagle
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Chimney Sweeper (a new moth for Coll!)
- Tall Fescue and Hairy Sedge (both doing well at only known location on Coll)
- Common Dolphin (c20 off The Meall)
10/06/2023
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Sanderling
- Dunlin (x7)
- Snipe (drumming)
- Black-headed Gull
- Little Tern
- Red Admiral (a significant arrival today)
- Brown Silver-line moth
- Early Purple Orchid
- Pyramidal Orchid
- Sea Radish
07/06/2023
- Moths (new for year): Fox, Grey Scalloped Bar, White Ermine, Buff Ermine, Heart & Dart
- (Risso’s Dolphins reported off New Pier)
06/06/2023
- White-tailed Eagle
- Moths (new for year): Map-winged Swift, Elephant Hawk-moth, Poplar Hawk-moth, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Flame Shoulder, Campion, Drinker, Broom, Bright-line Brown-eye, Dusky Brocade, Shears, Knotgrass, Buff Tip, Anania fuscalis
- Northern Marsh Orchid (x4 on our drive!)
- Early Purple Orchid (x120 – a fantastic array at a new location on Ben Hogh)
- (Whinchat reported from Arinagour)
05/06/2023
- White-tailed Eagle (through garden!)
01/06/2023
- Sparrowhawk (female)