{"id":1625,"date":"2023-03-08T10:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T10:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2023-04-24T10:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T09:50:04","slug":"march-2023-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1625","title":{"rendered":"March 2023 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Goose (x7 &#8211; probably the last for this winter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teal (a migrant pair on a small lochan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curlew (x2 passage birds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redshank (a noisy pair in territory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x40)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (female)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunnock (several singing around the village)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chiffchaff (in song &#8211; less than annual here on Coll) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drinker moth (a fat caterpillar in the dunes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>28\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (x3 on our local loch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Black-backed Gulls (x12 a notable flock of new arrivals)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>27\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (a large movement of Swans across the island today heading north) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Goose (a flock of 60 birds departed mid-afternoon heading north) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wheatear<\/strong> (they&#8217;re back! The first two birds of the year around the cottage) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>20\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Goose (x25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barnacle Goose (x450)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodcock (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White-tailed Eagle (a singe adult bird stressing the local Ravens)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Redshank and Lapwing (several pairs in territory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Eelgrass (<em>Zostera marina<\/em>) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>17\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodcock (x6 individuals flushed during walk in local plantation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goldcrest (x2 migrants)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>16\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stonechats, Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails (suddenly everywhere on recent southerly winds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fox Moth caterpillars (two emerging from hibernation will shortly pupate)  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>15\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canada Goose (x2+2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lapwing (in territory and displaying)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Woodpigeon <\/strong>(x2 &#8211; 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further arrivals) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch (singing &#8211; an uncommon breeder on Coll)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>02\/03\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cormorant (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenland White-fronted Geese (x30+19)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lapwings (several pairs in in territory and displaying) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Black-backed Gull (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Black-headed Gull <\/strong>(a spring arrival)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jackdaws <\/strong>(x19 &#8211; a surprising record)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early Purple Orchid rosettes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Whitlow Grass and Primroses in flower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30\/03\/2023 28\/03\/2023 27\/03\/2023 20\/03\/2023 17\/03\/2023 16\/03\/2023 15\/03\/2023 11\/03\/2023 10\/03\/2023 09\/03\/2023 08\/03\/2023 07\/03\/2023 06\/03\/2023 05\/03\/2023 02\/03\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-sightings-2023"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1625"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1625\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}