{"id":1816,"date":"2024-06-05T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/18.171.192.198\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:20:15","slug":"may-2024-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsmiths.co.uk\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"MAY 2024 &#8211; SIGHTINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>30\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sparrowhawk <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>29\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Melancholy Thistle<\/strong> (a first record for Coll)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>05\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (x1 mournfully trumpeting)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x6)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanderling (x5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Northern Diver (x8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (male)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Skua (scarce this year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black-headed Gull (x4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minke Whale (late afternoon close to the harbour)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black Snail Beetle (in the dunes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Many-lobed Dandelion<\/strong> (another three individuals in a new location &#8211; but still a national rarity!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>04\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eider (a pair in breeding habitat)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunlin (x2 on their way north)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curlew (x1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (x2 different males)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short-eared Owl<\/strong> (x2 competing males in spiralling flight &#8211; a very unusual sight on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Tern (x2 hunting close in on a beach)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grasshopper Warbler (new for year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitethroat (new for year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pigmy Shrew (dead on road)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>some crackers in the moth-trap overnight including two female Emperors, 2 Early Tooth-striped and 2 Puss Moths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Small Mouse-ear<\/strong> (rare in Scotland and a plant I\u2019ve been searching for diligently over the past 2 weeks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Many-lobed Dandelion<\/strong> (several specimens of this national rarity in the machair again today)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>03\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pink-footed Goose (x150 on the sea before rising and heading away north) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelduck (a pair in breeding habitat)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x5 + 3 + 6 &#8211; one in full bubbling song &#8211; lovely!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Woodpigeon (x3 together &#8211; seems to be well-established in several locations this spring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White Wagtail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blackcap (in full song)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Blue Tit <\/strong>(the single bird still around and singing hard!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lesser Redpoll (x3 together)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green Hairstreak (several individuals on the moorland in today\u2019s sunny weather)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Heath moth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Agrypnus murinus<\/em> (a click beetle in the marram)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thale Cress<\/strong> (a new location for this species on Coll &#8211; only the second that we\u2019re aware of)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hair Clubmoss (an uncommon species of the moorland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Field Madder<\/strong> (a new record for the machair)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Many-lobed Dandelion<\/strong> (several records in the machair today of this nationally rare species)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>02\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pink-footed Geese (x120 west)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelduck (a single bird along the coast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golden Plover (x20)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whimbrel (x3 + 9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hen Harrier (x2 ring-tails aloft)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kestrel <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Terns (x2 feeding close inshore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arctic Skua (the first of the year)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blackcap (singing in new location)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sedge Warbler (new in)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sticky Mouse-ear<\/strong> (scarce on Coll)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mossy Saxifrage (a Coll speciality in flower)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>01\/05\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whooper Swan (the long-staying bird has finally departed &#8211; 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