13/12/2023
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x40)
- Curlew (a flock of x35 birds on the north-west facing coast)
11/12/2023
- Whooper Swan (our regular singleton is still around)
- Great Northern Diver (x3 showing well close to the shore in Feall Bay)
- Sparrowhawk
- Kestrel
- Long-tailed Tit (x1 in roadside willow scrub. It’s nice to see that one individual from the autumn invasion is clinging on.)
06/12/2023
- Greenland White-fronted Geese (a decent flock of x30 in an unfamiliar location)
- Gannet
- Great Northern Diver
- Redwings (x6 with…)
- …Fieldfare (x2 – an uncommon midwinter mixed thrush flock)
- Some cracking specimens of Juniper in a new location
- Early Hair-grass (Aira praecox) a very early specimen in flower on a ruined farm building
02/12/2023
- Whooper Swan (the single bird seems well-ensconced on our local loch)
- Hen Harrier (a male over the cottage – our first for a while)
- Lapwing (a flock of 87 birds)