{"id":1687,"date":"2023-05-19T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T13:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2023-06-27T16:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:50:11","slug":"may-2023-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1687","title":{"rendered":"May 2023 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>31\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (a ring-tailed juvenile male)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>30\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sparrowhawk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>21\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minke Whale (from Arinagour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>20\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelduck (x3 pairs &#8211; one with x3 ducklings)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x10 <em>artica<\/em> race)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turnstone (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Plover (x16 fly over)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merlin (male &#8211; a nice spring record)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>19\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x20 + 12)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turnstone (x6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern (x4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flea Sedge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pignut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early Purple Orchid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>17\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arctic Skua (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chiffchaff (a passage bird singing weakly in the local plantation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sedge Warbler (x2 singing males locally)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite (seven birds around the village)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch (a pair new in in our garden, the male singing boldly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>16\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eider (x6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x15)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x10)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ringed Plover (x70)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (x5 calling males away from the usual places)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Carpet moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Cryptocephalus aureolus <\/em><\/strong>(a tiny electric green flower beetle) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>13\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merlin (a female again same place as two days ago)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (x6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitethroat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curlew<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merlin (a female hunting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (x8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon (a pair &#8211; not a regular bird on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goldcrest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch (x2 pairs across the island)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Green Hairstreak<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>08\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canada Goose (a pair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (a male hunting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Plover (x8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite (a pair in the road)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Minke Whale <\/strong>(from ferry towards Mull)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Juniper (a huge &#8216;tree&#8217; growing down a cliff-face)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>07\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (a pair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitethroat <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silver Y (a migrant moth)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grey Seal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Basking Shark <\/strong>(in Crossapol Bay. Looks like it may be a great year for these leviathans&#8230;) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Silpha tyrolensis <\/em><\/strong>(a rare carrion beetle in black and brass whose range is restricted to Coll and Tiree)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early Purple Orchids (the first orchids of the spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dune Pansy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring Squill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Taraxacum obliquum <\/em><\/strong>(a very rare species of Dandelion growing in abundance on the machair) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>06\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red-throated Diver (x2+2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teal (x2 pairs on a moorland loch) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red-breasted Merganser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunnock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chiffchaff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitethroat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Green Tiger Beetles<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Eristalis intricaria <\/strong><\/em>(a new dronefly for Coll?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Eggar (a moth caterpillar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Orange-tip <\/strong>(a butterfly not knowingly recorded on Coll previously)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marsh Violet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bog Beacon <\/strong>(a rare aquatic fungus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>05\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x1+2+2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sparrowhawk (x2 migrant females)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>04\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Northern Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red-throated Diver (a pair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelduck (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x10+25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x13+2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Plover (x7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Honey Buzzard<\/strong> (a dark juvenile bird low over the village late afternoon!) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sparrowhawk (a female)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guillemots (x2 in the bay)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunnock (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White Wagtail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch (x2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>03\/05\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Golden Plover (x3 passage birds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harbour Porpoise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>02\/05\/2023 &#8211; 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