3rd

There were 19 black-headed gulls roosting on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel at 3:30pm, a record number.

5th

There was a 2nd winter Iceland gull on the white beach at Lower Milovaig, mid afternoon.

10th

There was an otter fishing off the eastern end of the white beach at Lower Milovaig in the afternoon that came ashore around the Pollosgan side.

15th

There was a great northern diver in Moonen Bay, close to Neist, at mid-day.

28th

A brown hare ran across the road by the Ramasaig junction at Borrodale at 5:30pm.

29th

A female hen harrier flew north below the bottom road through Lower Milovaig at 11:35am.

February

1st

Little Egret - Loch Pooltiel
February 2022

A little egret was found in a ditch beside the bridge over the Hamara at Feriniquarrie by Lynden Schofield at 10:40am. It moved briefly to the black beach before heading north across Loch Pooltiel at 10:50am and was not subsequently located. This is the first ever winter record of little egret on Skye.

8th

Goosander - Meanish
February 2022

There was a drake goosander feeding in the shallows at Meanish at mid-day.

9th

A group of 12 long-tailed tits have been visiting feeders daily at Fasach for the last week (Mairi Fawkes, per skye-birds.com).

13th

There was an otter fishing in the mouth of the burn at the white beach, Lower Milovaig at 4pm.

There was a very pale juvenile Iceland gull circling around the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 4pm.

14th

Iceland Gull - Milovaig
February 2022

The juvenile Iceland gull was on the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 8am and then around the pier, skerries and white beach most of the afternoon.

White-Tailed Eagles - Milovaig
February 2022

There were four white-tailed eagles circling together at the seaward end of the Milovaig loop, mid afternoon. Two were the local pair and the other two were near-adult with brown terminal band on tail.

17th

Three Iceland Gulls - Milovaig
February 2022

There were two juvenile Iceland gulls and a 3CY glaucous gull on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel at 5:30pm that flew off towards the fish farm.

18th

There were two juvenile Iceland gulls roosting on the skerries at 5:15pm.

19th

The first skylarks were back, with one at Neist car park and another out on the tip of Neist Point. Golden plover was heard out on the tip of the point but could not be located.

The drake goosander was off the white beach at 10:30am and one juvenile Iceland gull was around the skerries and white beach at Loch Pooltiel all day.

There were 110 seals, mostly harbour seals, hauled out at Loch Pooltiel in the afternoon.

21st

Mink - Meanish
February 2022

A mink was photographed at Meanish (Mark Collins).

26th

There were two whooper swans on the Hamara river at Ferinquarrie at 11am.

There were 20 wigeon in the brae by Kinlock Campsite, Dunvegan at 11:30am.

There were 10 skylarks, freshly arrived, above the bottom road on croft 5 Lower Milovaig at 2:30pm. The drake goosander was off the white beach at Upper Milovaig, mid afternoon. A juvenile Iceland gull was roosting on the white beach all morning.

28th

At 6:30pm an otter ran across the grass from Upper Milovaig down to the white beach, across the beach and into the water at the mouth of the burn.

There were five whooper swans at the mouth of the river Hamara at 10am (Lynden Schofield). They were still swimming on Loch Pooltiel off Pollosgan at 5:30pm and heard calling throughout the night after midnight.

There were 7 whooper swans on Loch Mor, early afternoon. A flock of 10 skylarks at Neist Car Park were scattered by a merlin. There was an adult white-tailed eagle over Neist Car Park.

Four long-tailed tits flew from Hamara Lodge to Roy & Carol Gasken's garden at Hamaraverin mid afternoon.

There was a 3CY glaucous gull and the first lesser black-backed gull of the spring on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel at 5pm.

March

1st

There was a pair of bullfinches in the kitchen garden at the Three Chimneys at 8am.

There was a peacock butterfly on the wing at the very tip of Neist Point.

4th

Two golden plovers flew north over the white beach at 4pm. The juvenile glaucous gull was on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel at 5:15pm.

There was a pied wagtail feeding amongst seaweed on Orbost beach and a treecreeper singing at Orbost House (Lynden Schofield).

5th

There was an otter fishing off the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 11:45am that came ashore around the Pollasgan corner.

There were six harbour porpoises off Neist Point for the first time this year.

There were two harbour porpoises by Pooltiel Fish Farm in the afternoon.

There was a pied wagtail and a lesser black-backed gull on the white beach at Lower Milovaig at mid-day. The juvenile glaucous gull was at Pooltiel Fish Farm at mid-day. House sparrows were mating today, after nest-building all week at 2 Lower Milovaig. The first woodpigeon of the spring was at Hamara Lodge, early morning.

There was a pipistrelle bat flying around the gardens at 1 and 2 Lower Milovaig at 5pm in full daylight.

6th

The first meadow pipit of the spring was on the top road in Upper Milovaig.

7th

White-Tailed Eagle - Milovaig
March 2022

The local adult male white-tailed eagle was on the shoreline near Meanish at 5:40pm feeding by a rock pool. There was a juvenile Iceland gull on the skerries at 5:30pm.

13th

Wheatear - Milovaig
March 2022

The first wheatear was back on the white beach initially and later below the bottom road on croft 3 Lower Milovaig.

14th

Wheatear - Milovaig
March 2022

Another wheatear, a male, turned up below the bottom road on 1 Upper Milovaig this morning. A total of 12 meadow pipits in ones and twos passed from the sea, heading inland, through Milovaig in the morning.

17th

Still scarce at the moment, there was a male wheatear at Meanish at 5:30pm.

18th

There was a partially-moulted great northern diver in outer Loch Pooltiel, late afternoon.

19th

White-Tailed Eagle - Neist Point
March 2022

There were two male wheatears at Waterstein viewpoint and another at Neist Point. A juvenile white-tailed eagle at Neist Point in the morning was carrying a ball of mud. It was colour-ringed black left, C something 3.

20th

Orcas 'John Coe' and 'Aquarius' were at Neist Point from 3:30pm until 4pm before heading south (Nick Owen & Charlotte Rutherford).

21st

There were two juvenile white-tailed eagles hanging around the fish farm, pier and skerries all day. There was a pair of red-breasted mergansers off the seaward end of the Milovaig loop early evening. There were two redshanks by the rock pools at the seaward end of the Milovaig loop in the evening. The first three returning siskins of the spring flew south below the bottom road in Lower Milovaig, late evening.

22nd

White-Tailed Eagle - Neist Point
March 2022

The juvenile white-tailed eagle, ringed black left, was again low over Neist Point at 1:40pm. There were six purple sandpipers, a redshank and a curlew at Neist Point.

23rd

The first razorbills and kittwakes were back on the nesting ledges at Neist Point today. The shags have been busy nest building for a few weeks. No fulmars back on the ledges yet and only a single seen off-shore. There were hundreds of razorbills and guillemots streaming south past Neist throughout the day. There were four wheatears at Neist Point below the steps.

24th

Magpie - Lower Milovaig
March 2022
Picture by Michael Ryding

A magpie flew west over the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at 7:45am (AS) and was photographed in the garden at Puffin Cottage at 8:05am (Michael & Sheila Ryding).

The first two lesser redpolls of the spring were back at Lephin, early morning.

Fulmars were back on the ledges today at Neist Point for first time this year. Yesterday just a single distant fulmar off-shore and today the ledges are rammed with them. Also, guillemots back on the ledges today for the first time this year. There were 30+ skylarks in small groups between the car park and the tip of Neist Point.

Vast numbers of mostly razorbills and fewer guillemots have been streaming south past Neist today and yesterday.

25th

A grey wagtail flew across the path, below the steps at Neist Point, and down to the shore on the Moonen side at 4pm.

26th

The first minke whale of the year was off Rum as viewed from Neist Point. The first common dolphins of the year, a pod of 10, were south of Barra as viewed from Neist. There were four harbour porpoises off Neist, only the second time this year that we have seen them.

27th

Linnet - Milovaig
March 2022

A singing male linnet, first of the spring, was back in territory near Meanish in the evening.

April

2nd

Golden Eagles - Milovaig
April 2022

Golden Eagles - Milovaig
April 2022

There were four golden eagles and two white-tailed eagles circling together over the bottom road in Lower Milovaig at 1pm, with the goldies making lunges at each other.

3rd

The first two bonxies of the year went north off Neist Point at mid-day. There were 10 redwings by the fank at 1 Waterstein, early afternoon. Redwings have been very scarce in Glendale this winter.

10th

Puffin - Neist Point
April 2022

Puffin - Neist Point
April 2022

The first puffin of the year was back at Neist Point today, giving very close views. There was a big movement of pink-footed geese north at Neist Point with skeins of 150 + 150 + 40 + 50 north in a 2.5 hour seawatch.

13th

There was a single puffin in outer Loch Pooltiel between the pier and big waterfall at 4:30pm.

14th

The first chiffchaff of the spring was in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at 11am.

15th

The first blackcap of the spring, a male, was in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at 4:40pm. The first willow warbler was singing behind the boatshed at Lower Milovaig at 5:30pm.

16th

Minke Whale - Neist
April 2022

There was a minke whale on the Moonen Bay side of Neist Point, in the small bay by the Stallion's Head at 2:15pm.

Bonxie - Neist Point
April 2022

There was a single bonxie back in territory at Neist Point in the afternoon. 30 manx shearwaters went south past Neist in a 1 hour seawatch in the afternoon.

19th

Minke Whale - Neist
April 2022

There was a minke whale and a harbour porpoise off North Uist as viewed from Neist Point in the evening.

The first two swallows of the spring were at Glendale Cemetery in the afternoon (Alison Stables).

There was a swallow at Neist Point Lighthouse at 5:30pm. There were 150 manx shearwaters surface-feeding in outer Moonen Bay in the evening.

22nd

A peregrine flew from Borrodale towards Lephin at 6pm.

23rd

There were three harbour porpoises off Neist Point in the afternoon.

Manx Shearwater - Neist
April 2022

There were three puffins feeding close in at Neist Point in the afternoon. There was a great northern diver and a red-throated diver at Neist in the afternoon. There was a pair of bonxies on Neist Point. There were large numbers of manx shearwaters off-shore at Neist.

24th

A pair of greenshanks were mating at Loch Eishort, Ramasaig in the afternoon. There was a juvenile white-tailed eagle at Ramasaig in the afternoon. There were eight great northern divers in Ramasaig Bay. The first nine twites of the spring were at Ramasaig.

25th

Whimbrels - Neist Point
April 2022

Puffin - Neist Point
April 2022

A group of 7 whimbrels went north at Neist Point in the afternoon. There have been four to six puffins close in at the tip of Neist for the last week. There are 8 purple sandpipers still at Neist. There were two twites back at Neist Point today.

26th

Otter - Lower Milovaig
April 2022

There was an otter on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel from 6pm onwards.

The first two common sandpipers were back on the white beach at Lower Milovaig today.

27th

Orcas 'John Coe' and 'Aquarius' were off Neist Point from 3pm until 3:50pm (Alan Rigell).

28th

The first cuckoo of the spring was calling at Lephin today.

29th

A pod of 7 white-beaked dolphins was videoed off the Lower Milovaig grazings near Oisgill Bay at 12:05am heading towards Neist (Angie Atherton). This is the first ever confirmed record of this species in Glendale waters.

The first house sparrow fledgling was in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at mid-day. This is extremely early, as the first wasn't until May 19th last year.

May

1st

There was a minke whale off Neist Point on the Oisgill side at 3:30pm.

Whimbrel - Neist Point
May 2022

Whimbrels - Neist Point
May 2022

There were five whimbrels on the rocks at the tip of Neist Point, early afternoon. The first arctic skua of the year was off Neist Point.

6th

The first common dolphins of the year, a pod of 6 to 8, were off Pooltiel Fish Farm at 8pm before heading towards Harris.

7th

Harbour Porpoise - Neist
May 2022

Risso's Dolphin - Neist
May 2022

There were 6+ harbour porpoises at and around Neist Point all day. A distant Risso's dolphin went North up the Minch past Neist at 1pm.

Brent Geese - Neist
May 2022

Three brent geese flew north past Neist Point at mid-day. In a five-hour seawatch, 14 arctic skuas went past Neist Point (10 south and 4 north). There were no bonxies seen and the pair were absent from the point.

9th

There was a small pod of common dolphins off Colbost jetty between 6pm and 7pm (David Baterip).

13th

An adult white-tailed eagle was seen carrying a large fish.

14th

The first house martin of the year flew south along the bottom road in Lower Milovaig, late afternoon. Swallows are only just back in all usual territories today.

15th

Arctic Terns - Neist
May 2022

Two arctic terns flew north at Neist Point at 2:30pm. There were four arctic skuas out in the Minch off Neist but no bonxies seen again.

There was a singing male sedge warbler in willow scrub by the Community Hall, early morning.

22nd

There was a singing male whinchat on croft 2 Lephin, opposite Café Lephin at 7:45am that flew into the estate birch scrub opposite Hamara Parks.

23rd

There was a distant minke whale off Neist Point towards North Uist in the afternoon. There were two harbour porpoises off Neist Point in the afternoon.

A 4-hour seawatch at Neist Point produced: 2 whimbrel north, 9 arctic skuas, 1 bonxie north, 3 dunlin, 2 ringed plovers. 7 swallows and 3 sand martins went off Neist and over the sea towards South Uist.

26th

There were three ringed plovers on the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 5:15pm.

30th

There were two adult long-tailed tits with at least 8 young on croft 2 Lephin, beside the polytunnel, at 5pm.

June

2nd

There was a Risso's dolphin in outer Loch Pooltiel off Meanish at 5:30pm.

Cuckoo - Meanish
June 2022

There was a cuckoo on the slope down to the pier at 5:30pm being mobbed by meadow pipits.

3rd

There were six bottlenose dolphins in Loch Pooltiel in the evening (Nigel & Karen Medlar).

5th

Just a single harbour porpoise seen in a 4.5 hour seawatch at Neist today.

A great northern diver in full summer plumage flew south past Neist Point in the afternoon. Three puffins went south past Neist in the afternoon. There were three arctic skuas around Neist Point all day and a single bonxie went north, late afternoon.

7th

A distant minke whale and 20+ common dolphins headed south down the Minch off Lower Milovaig at 5:30pm.

19th

There were three bonxies over Loch Dunvegan off Colbost (Tim & Dawn Wright).

20th

A minke whale surfaced just once within 5 metres of the shore at the tip of Neist Point at mid-day.

A two-hour seawatch at Neist Point produced 1 arctic skua south and 3 puffins south.

There was a singing male blackcap and a singing male whitethroat at Fasach (Tim & Dawn Wright).

21st

There was a flock of 20+ long-tailed tits in the garden at Lephin Cottage at 7:30am.

23rd

A single Risso's dolphin went south past Neist, mid afternoon, very close to shore. There was a single harbour porpoise off Neist in the afternoon.

A three-hour seawatch at Neist in the afternoon produced: 3 common scoters south, 3 arctic skuas, a single bonxie on the water eating a dead bird, 3 puffins south, 1 manx shearwater south.

24th

Harbour Porpoise - Neist
June 2022

There were at least 10 harbour porpoises off Neist Point in the afternoon.

Arctic Skua - Neist
June 2022

There were 200 manx shearwaters in outer Moonen Bay in the afternoon.

A 5-hour seawatch at Neist Point produced: 20 puffins south, 1 bonxie north, 11 arctic skuas south and 2 greylag geese north.

July

8th

An otter ran from MacDougall's Spruces, through the grounds of the Boatshed and up the hill at around 10:30pm (Angela Dickinson).

10th

A minke whale surfaced once very close to shore at the tip of Neist in the afternoon. There was a single harbour porpoise off Neist.

A four-hour seawatch at Neist produced: only one skua, a very distant arctic south, a flock of 73 manx shearwaters south, 23 puffins in total south, 1 curlew south.

11th

Intermedius Lesser Black-Back
July 2022

There was a lesser black-backed gull of the race 'intermedius', from southern Scandinavia, on the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 6:20pm.

17th

A pod of 6+ common dolphins went south past Neist Point at 8pm (Andrew Przeslak).

A single bonxie and a two arctic skuas went south past Neist Point in the afternoon.

18th

There were three pods of 6+ common dolphins, at least 18 in total, close-in around Neist Point between 6am and 8am (Andrew Przeslak).

Common Dolphin - Neist
July 2022

There were two distant pods, each of 20+, common dolphins off Neist Point at 2:30pm.

Purple Sandpiper - Neist
July 2022

There was an exceptionally early, summer-plumage purple sandpiper at Neist Point. There were four bonxies and two arctic skuas. One bonxie has been hanging around the point today and yesterday, with fresh droppings and a pellet at the roost site. The first shags and razorbills have fledged. Dozens of manx shearwaters heading south past the point in the afternoon and around a dozen puffins passing by. There was a peregrine at Neist.

19th

One of our resident pairs of white-tailed eagles in Glendale successfully fledged two chicks yesterday.

22nd

At 5:30pm, there were 12+ distant common dolphins off Dunvegan Head, heading north, and a pod of 20+ common dolphins off Pooltiel Fish Farm that also headed north. There were also two harbour porpoises in Loch Pooltiel by the big waterfall.

There were two pods of common dolphins, 6 and 4+, in Loch Dunvegan off Husabost in the evening (Andy & Helen Ashcroft).

There was a male bullfinch at Husabost in the evening (Andy & Helen Ashcroft).

23rd

There was a single lapwing below the top road in Lower Milovaig at mid-day.

A new house martin nest on the gable end of Carter's Rest was being visited by an adult today (Lynden Schofield).

25th

There was a single Risso's dolphin, 3+  common dolphins and 2 harbour porpoises distant off Neist Point in the afternoon.

There was an adult peregrine with a newly-fledged juvenile being very vocal over croft 2 Lephin at 8:40am.

A 2.5 hour seawatch at Neist Point produced: 1 arctic skua south, 2 puffins north, 20 manxies north. Nesting ledges at Neist are all deserted now apart from the last few fulmars, kittiwakes and shags that still have young unfledged. Auks all gone from the nesting ledges.

27th

There were three pods, totalling 12+, common dolphins in Loch Dunvegan at 9:30am (Andrew Ashcroft).

28th

A minke whale went north past Neist Point in the evening and there were many common dolphins around the point (Andrew Ashcroft).

29th

There were 12+ common dolphins in Loch Pooltiel at 9am close to the white beach.

There was a pod of common dolphins in inner Loch Pooltiel at 9pm (Calum McGregor),

30th

There was a distant pod of 20+ common dolphins off Lower Milovaig, towards Harris at 7pm.

There was a minke whale in the mouth of Loch Pootiel and two pods of common dolphins in the loch between 8pm and 9pm (Astrid & Frank van Eybergen, Calum McGregor).

There was a juvenile linnet with a small group of 8 twites on the bottom road in Lower Milovaig in the evening.

31st

There was a pod of 10+ common dolphins by the fish farm at 8:40am (Astrid van Eybergen).

Common Dolphin - Neist
July 2022

Common Dolphins - Neist
July 2022

There was a pod of c.20 common dolphins in Moonen Bay at mid-day that came close past Neist Point before heading across to Benbecula. There was a single minke whale off Neist Point in the afternoon that made a very close approach to shore. There were two harbour porpoises off Neist in the afternoon.

There was a flock of 12 redshank on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel and an eclipse male eider duck off the skerries in the evening.

August

1st

There was a pod of 3 or 4 unidentified dolphins by Pooltiel Fish Farm at 6:40pm (Astrid van Eybergen).

5th

There was a flock of 12 linnets on the bottom road in Lower Milovaig at 5:45pm. There has been an eclipse male eider around the skerries in Loch Pooltiel for the last few days.

10th

There was a male whitethroat at MacDougall's Spruces & the Boatshed at 5:45pm.

13th

Orcas, JC and Aquarius, were reported off MacLeod's Maidens (per facebook, Steve Boucher).

14th

Minke Whale - Neist
August 2022

Minke Whale - Neist
August 2022

A minke whale spent 5 hours around Neist Point in the afternoon giving some very close approaches. There were at least four pods of 12+ common dolphins around Neist Point in the afternoon, with one coming into Moonen Bay and another in the bay at the foot of the steps. There were at least 8 harbour porpoises off Neist Point in the afternoon.

There was a single turnstone at Neist Point and a distant arctic skua in the afternoon.

17th

There was a minke whale, close in at the tip of Neist, in the afternoon.

Ringed Plover - Neist
August 2022

There was a ringed plover at Neist Point. A 3-hour seawatch produced: 3 arctic skuas south, 2 redshank south, 150+ kittiwakes south. There were two leucorhoa wheatears by the lighthouse.

27th

White Wagtail - Ramasaig
August 2022

There were 60+ twite at Ramasaig Farm. Then at Ramasaig Bay: another 40+ twite, 40+ meadow pipits, 33 golden plovers, 10 pied/white wagtails and 100 rooks (all the aforementioned were in single flocks).

29th

There was a pod of around 12 common dolphins in Loch Pooltiel, early evening (Angela Dickinson, AS, N&K Medlar, et al).

30th

Orcas 'John Coe' and 'Aquarius' were off Neist Point and Moonen Bay from early morning until 12:40pm when they headed south (social media reports & photos).

31st

There were two pods of 12+ common dolphins and 6-8 harbour porpoises off Neist Point between 7:30am and 10am (Ali Ashmore).

There were 12+ common dolphins off Meanish Pier at 7:15pm and 6 harbour porpoises near the big waterfall.

September

4th

Common Dolphin - Milovaig
September 2022

Common Dolphin - Milovaig
September 2022

A pod of 12+ common dolphins came into outer Loch Pooltiel, early afternoon.

6th

Common Dolphins - Milovaig
September 2022

A pod of 6+ common dolphins came into inner Loch Pooltiel in the evening.

There were 20+ pied wagtails (adult and juveniles) at Meanish, late evening.

7th

There were a distant minke whale, 6+ common dolphins and 6+ harbour porpoises off Lower Milovaig at 7:30pm.

10th

Common Dolphins - Milovaig
September 2022

A pod of 24+ common dolphins came into outer Loch Pooltiel just before 6pm and then two smaller groups split away and came into Loch Pooltiel.

11th

Two bonxies and three arctic skuas went south past Neist Point in a 2-hour seawatch. There was a female merlin hunting meadow pipits at Neist Car Park, late morning.

12th

There were three long-tailed tits at Lephin Cottage at 8:45am that flew across to the willow scrub by the Community Hall.

18th

A pod of c.12 common dolphins put on a good show at Neist Point mid afternoon.

20th

A merlin flew south past Borrodale School at 7:15am.

22nd

There were two otters off Colbost between 10am and 11am (Tegan Jones).

23rd

There were two otters off Colbost between 9am and 10am and then again between 1pm and 2pm (Tegan Jones).

24th

There was a minke whale very close to shore at the tip of Neist Point, early afternoon, that drifted slowly south.

25th

A flock of 30+ long-tailed tits passed south through the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at 11am. These must be migrant birds.

October

8th

Three whooper swans flew south down the Minch off Lower Milovaig at mid-day.

Three whooper swans flew south down the Minch off Lower Milovaig at mid-day.

15th

A very late linnet flew west over the bottom road in Lower Milovaig, late afternoon.

16th

The first redwings of the autumn, a flock of 10, were at Borrodale School at 12:45pm.

A male merlin flew north along the bottom road in Lower Milovaig, early afternoon.

22nd

There were 12 harbour porpoises close in around Neist Point at mid-day. There was a small pod of six common dolphins off Neist Point at 11:30am.

There were 20 redwings at Hamara Lodge at 9am.

There was a late puffin off Neist Point at mid-day.

23rd

There were two mistle thrushes with 12 redwings in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at 10:50am that flew off together south. Mistle thrush is a very scarce winter visitor in Glendale.

White-Tailed Eagle - Meanish
October 2022

White-Tailed Eagle - Meanish
October 2022

Two juvenile white-tailed eagles flew very low, south, over Meanish at 4:30pm. There was a t least one whooper swan calling from the Pollosgan area, heard from Milovaig, at 4:30pm.

November

2nd

There was a male blackcap in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig in the morning. There were two adult and a juvenile whooper swans on the white beach at Lower Milovaig, mid morning. There were several redwings in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig. All of these sightings during bad weather today suggest a drop of Icelandic migrants.

3rd

Blackcap - Lower Milovaig
November 2022

The male blackcap was again in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig at mid-day.

4th

There was a flock of 30 redwings on the top road in Upper Milovaig at mid-day. The male blackcap is still visiting the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig.

5th

There was a late twite on the bottom road in Lower Milovaig and a drake goosander off the white beach, mid afternoon.

6th

A brambling in the garden at 2 Lower Milovaig flew off south-east at 8:30am.

7th

Otter - Lower Milovaig
November 2022

There was an otter fishing off the shoreline north of the white beach, mid afternoon, that brought a fish ashore.

8th

The first woodcock of the winter was circling over the garden at 1 Lower Milovaig at dawn.

15th

There were 2 adult and 3 juvenile whooper swans on the flood water at Hamara Parks at 1:30pm.

17th

A great northern diver flew into Loch Pooltiel, past Meanish, at mid-day. The first black guillemot returned to Loch Pooltiel today,

18th

There was a minke whale, close in, on the Moonen Bay side of Neist at mid-day. There were four harbour porpoises in Moonen Bay.

Eiders - Neist Point
November 2022

Puffin - Neist Point
November 2022

At Neist Point today: 2 puffins, 16 eiders, 2 great northern divers, a gannet and 12 common guillemots.

22nd

Eight fieldfares flew north over Lephin at 8am. The first of the winter.

There was a woodcock at Hamara Lodge at 7:45am.

December 2022

2nd

There was an otter fishing that came ashore at the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 9:30am (Alison Stables).

There was a drake goosander off the white beach at Lower Milovaig from 11:30am until dusk.

4th

There were two otters fishing at the head of Loch Dunvegan at 3:30pm.

There were two harbour porpoises off Neist Point at mid-day.

A few out-of-season birds at Neist Point today: a skylark at the car park and another skylark at the Lighthouse, two golden plovers on the tip that flew across Moonen Bay and a single meadow pipit out at the tip.

There were 120-150 golden plovers at the head of Loch Dunvegan at 3:15pm

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There was a near adult white-tailed eagle over the brae at Fasach, late morning.

There were still 59 golden plovers at the head of Loch Dunvegan at 3pm.

At Orbost in the afternoon: a flock of 9 lapwings, a flock of 30+ chaffinches feeding in a field, a flock of 12 blackbirds, 2 great northern divers, a single mistle thrush.

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Herring Gull 'Argentatus' - Lower Milovaig
December 2022

There was a herring gull showing characteristics of race 'argentatus' on the white beach at Lower Milovaig at 1:30pm.

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Otter - Lower Milovaig
December 2022

Otter - Lower Milovaig
December 2022

There was an otter eating a fish on the shore, west of Meanish, at 11am.

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There were three males and a female goosander off the white beach at Lower Milovaig, late morning.

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Fieldfare - Neist Point
December 2022

There was a single fieldfare, 3 golden plovers, 1 snipe and 5 purple sandpipers at Neist. No seabirds, except a few shags and a few usual gulls, and no cetaceans.

A ringed (blue over white left) sub-adult white-tailed eagle flew north along the bottom road in Lower Milovaig, early afternoon. Hence, not a bird from our Glendale pairs.