{"id":1441,"date":"2022-06-05T16:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T16:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/18.133.51.246\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2022-07-26T09:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T09:34:32","slug":"june-2022-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1441","title":{"rendered":"June 2022 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Common Blue Damselfly <\/li><li>Blue-tailed Damselfly<\/li><li>Large Red Damselfly<\/li><li>Heath Fragrant Orchid<\/li><li>Water Lobelia<\/li><li>Pale Butterwort<\/li><li>Creeping Soft Grass<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>28\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li><li>Arctic Skua<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>27\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Moorhen (3 adults and 7 young)<\/li><li>Little Grebe<\/li><li>Dark Green Fritillary<\/li><li>Anania fuscalis (moth)<\/li><li>Common Twayblade (c80)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>22\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Buff-tip (moth)<\/li><li>Dusky Brocade (moth)<\/li><li>Dark Marbled Carpet (moth)<\/li><li>Fox (moth)<\/li><li>Broom (moth)<\/li><li>Pebble Prominent (moth)<\/li><li>True Lovers\u2019 Knot (moth)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>21\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Orcas<\/strong> (reported from Sorisdale)<\/li><li>Dark Green Fritillaries (the first of the year reported)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>20\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Skua <\/li><li>Northern Marsh Orchid<\/li><li>Early Purple Orchid<\/li><li>Pale Butterwort<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>17\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><li>Peregrine <\/li><li>Arctic Skua<\/li><li>Kittiwake<\/li><li>Manx Shearwater <\/li><li>Otter <\/li><li>White -tailed Eagles (x3 seen from ferry approaching Oban)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>16\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hen Harrier<\/li><li>Dunlin<\/li><li>Great Skua<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>15\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Orcas<\/strong> (seen and photographed from ferry at Arinagour)<\/li><li>Peregrine <\/li><li>Hen Harrier<\/li><li>Dunlin<\/li><li>Corncrake<\/li><li>Great Skua <\/li><li>Little Tern (x20)<\/li><li>Arctic Tern<\/li><li>Wood Pigeon (x2)<\/li><li>Twite<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>14\/6\/22 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Northern Diver <\/li><li>Snow Geese (x2)<\/li><li>Canada Geese (x18 in total)<\/li><li>Hen Harrier<\/li><li>Peregrine<\/li><li>Fulmars<\/li><li>Great Skua <\/li><li>Arctic Skua<\/li><li>Cuckoo<\/li><li>Twite<\/li><li>Short-necked Oil Beetle <\/li><li>Great Yellow Bumblebee (probable &#8211; 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