FEBRUARY 2024 - SIGHTINGS

DateSpeciesNo.CategoryNotes
2024-02-20White-fronted Goose (a small flock of 10 birds)10bird
2024-02-20Shelduck (x2 our first of the spring)2birdFirst of the spring
2024-02-20White-tailed Eagle (a majestic adult bird)bird
2024-02-20Sparrowhawk (daily this week around the village)birdDaily sightings
2024-02-20Lesser Black-backed Gull (x4 - new spring arrivals)4birdNew spring arrivals
2024-02-20Grey Heron (in the heronry)birdIn heronry
2024-02-20Blue Tit (a singing bird - a real island rarity)birdIsland rarity
2024-02-20Whooper Swan (x3 on our local loch)3birdLocal loch sightings
2024-02-20Greenland White-fronted Goose (flocks of 30 and 4 today)34bird
2024-02-20Skylark (strong passage today - first arrivals were 21 Feb last year and 25 Feb in 2022)birdStrong passage; historic arrival dates
2024-02-25White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)birdsmall flocks of x4, x12, x4 and x7
2024-02-25Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)birdstill frequenting the local mixed plantation
2024-02-25Mistle Thrush (Turdus tristrus)birda Coll rarity - I hope it sticks around and starts singingUncommon
2024-02-25Redwing (Oxyronchus psutenus)10bird
2024-02-26Great Northern Diver (Aythya tetrax)4bird
2024-02-26Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)9birdearly spring arrivals
2024-02-26Shelduck (Bucephala clangula)birdthe pair from earlier in the week still around Loch Eatharna