{"id":1710,"date":"2023-06-27T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T13:37:50","slug":"june-2023-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1710","title":{"rendered":"June 2023 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>29\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bonxie (in short supply this year as a result of Bird Flu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>27\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (both males and females regularly being observed now &#8211; evidence of nestlings)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua (just a single bird over the cottage &#8211; still in very short supply this year) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeons (a pair &#8211; be still my trembling heart!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spotted Flycatcher (a single bird has been in the same area on and off for several weeks now)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silver Ground Carpet (a delightful moth)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>26\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White-tailed Eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulmar (an outlier of x3 nesting birds away from the usual colony)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Wave moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Golden Eagle reported)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>24\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (female)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kestrel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Wave moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Painted Lady (new for year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>22\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (male and female birds seen)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch (x14 &#8211; Three family groups together)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marsh Fritillary<\/strong> (a new butterfly for Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Silver Hook<\/strong> (a new moth for Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wood Tiger <\/strong>moth (at a new location for Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adder&#8217;s Tongue Fern (a nice little colony among Bracken)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heath Violet<\/strong> (a newly discovered site for Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Water Plantain (flowering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marsh Arrowgrass (flowering)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>15\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Great Norther Diver (x4 displaying and calling)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fulmar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harbour Porpoise (x4 seen from New Pier)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meadow Brown (first of the year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow Shell moth (in abundance in the machair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northern Colletes bee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>14\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Woodpigeon <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moths (new for year): True Lover&#8217;s Knot, Dark Arches, Northern Rustic, <em>Eana penziana<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frog Orchid (first of the year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Butterfly Orchid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fragrant Orchid (first of the year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marsh St John&#8217;s Wort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pipewort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Water Lobelia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Marshwort<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>13\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manx Shearwater (a colossal raft of birds west of Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Dolphin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four-spotted Chaser <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magpie moth (a mass emergence today)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Six-spot Burnet moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clouded Border moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pale Butterwort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oblong-leaved Sundew<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Royal Fern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>12\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (good views of calling birds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spotted Flycatcher (an uncommon migrant here on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large Heath butterfly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dark Green Fritillary butterfly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purple Bar moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sea Bindweed (at only known station on Coll)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>11\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>White-tailed Eagle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chimney Sweeper<\/strong> (a new moth for Coll!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tall Fescue and Hairy Sedge (both doing well at only known location on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Dolphin (c20 off The Meall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>10\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-breasted Merganser<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snipe (drumming)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red Admiral (a significant arrival today)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brown Silver-line moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early Purple Orchid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pyramidal Orchid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sea Radish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>07\/06\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moths (new for year): Fox, Grey Scalloped Bar, White Ermine, Buff Ermine, Heart &amp; 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