{"id":1724,"date":"2023-08-03T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2023-08-03T15:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:46:55","slug":"july-2023-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1724","title":{"rendered":"July 2023 &#8211; Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>27\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sharp-flowered Rush (not a species we see very often but a large stand in a roadside field stood out a mile!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buoy Barnacles (a few more specimens of this ocean wanderer washed up on one of our beaches)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>26\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>White-tailed Eagle (an adult male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bonxie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (x2 males still calling)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sea Radish <\/strong>(a rarity in the foredunes)  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>24\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Yellow Pimpernel<\/strong> (a new species for us on Coll and probably its only extant location on the island) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>21\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Common Twayblade (several mighty spikes in the machair)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>20\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Barn Owl <\/strong>(several recent reports though we&#8217;ve not managed to catch up with the bird)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scalloped Oak moth (an unusual daytime sighting in our garden) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gypsywort <\/strong>(only known to us from one modern location, we were delighted to have been directed to several new patches on a beach near Arinagour) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goldenrod (it was nice to find several of these close to the Gypsywort site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>17\/07\/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>Twite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Taphrina alni <\/strong><\/em>(a fungal gall on Alder)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bitter Vetch (in flower)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>12\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Grayling butterflies (now appearing in good numbers)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>By-the-wind Sailors (still regularly showing up on local beaches)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>09\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bonxie<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Otter (a mother and kit) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dark Green Fritillaries (a few still on the wing)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hummingbird Hawk-moth <\/strong>(on Buddleia in Oban)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>08\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bonxie (x2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Tern (seem to have had a good year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern (x2) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Long-eared Owl<\/strong> (our first sighting of this scarce local breeder)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barred Yellow moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Snout moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Herb Robert (a new station for this scarce Hebridean plant)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>07\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Red-throated Diver (x3 &#8211; a family group on a local loch)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake (a calling male among Bracken halfway up a hill!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grayling <\/strong>butterfly (my first of the year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grass Rivulet moth (in the machair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Silpha tyrolensis <\/strong><\/em>(a distinctive carrion beetle that is a speciality of the Coll machair) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>By-the-wind Sailor <\/strong>(several specimens of this weird colonial hydrozoan washed up on our local beach)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>06\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shelduck (x4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (the first returning passage migrant of the autumn) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twite (a family group)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Another Emperor Moth caterpillar (never seen one here before, and then you find one two days running in completely different places!) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><strong>Carabus granulatus<\/strong> <\/em>(a stunning bronze ground beetle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bladderwort sp (not a common find on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pale Butterwort (always a nice wee thing to spot)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distant Sedge and Knotted Pearlwort (both in flower on the saltmarsh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>05\/07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hen Harrier (x2 ring-tailed birds)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corncrake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cuckoo (one of several juveniles seen during the month)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sedge Warbler (recently fledged young)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greenfinch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emperor Moth caterpillar<\/strong> (a corking beast &#8211; 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