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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