August 2014

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Pictures from August  2014

 

28 August

Grey Plover (summer plumage ) – Saltmarsh, St Ninian’s Bay – Ron Forrester

Knot – Saltmarsh, St Ninian’s Bay – Ron Forrester

Ringed Plover (50) – Saltmarsh St Ninian’s Bay – Ron Forrester

Dunlin (3) – Saltmarsh, St Ninian’s Bay – Ron Forrester

Sandwich Tern (17) – Kilchattan Bay – Doug Menzies

Wigeon (f) – Loch Quien – Doug Menzies

27 August

Pochard (m eclipse) – Loch Quien – Ian Hopkins

Tufted Duck (48) – Loch Quien – Ian Hopkins

24 August

Ringed Plover (60) – St Ninian’s Bay – Iona Gray

23 August

Barn Owl – Ballochgoy (observed hunting) – Paul McTaggart

Peregrine – Saltmarsh, St Ninian’s Bay – Iona Gray

21 August

Black-tailed Godwit (9) – St Ninian’s Bay – Ian Hopkins

19 August

Manx Shearwater (c400) – Rothesay Sound, from Craigmore – Doug Menzies

14 August

Swift – heard over Rothesay – Paul McTaggart

11 August

Swift (4) – Craigmore – Doug Menzies

10 August

Snipe (10) – Saltmarsh, St Ninian’s Bay – Iona Gray

09 August

Golden Eagle – over Loch Ascog (mobbed by Osprey) – Paul McTaggart

07 August

Swift (30) – over Bridge St, Rothesay – Paul McTaggart

Swift (6) – Craigmore – Doug Menzies

 05 August

Teal (6) – Greenan Loch – Doug Menzies

Mallard (66) – Greenan Loch – Doug Menzies

Tufted Duck (2) – Greenan Loch – Doug Menzies

04 August

Dunlin (12) – St Ninian’s Bay – Iona Gray

Ringed Plover (12) – St Ninian’s Bay – Iona Gray

03 August

Osprey – fishing at St Ninians Bay – Iona Gray