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DateSpeciesLocationObserver
30th1 Black GuillemotRothesay HarbourAlan Hobson
2 Hooded CrowsShalunt
29thSwifts nesting43 Mount Stuart RdMax Sharp
20+ Manx Shearwaters, 16 Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Rock Pipits, 3 Shelduck and 2 Common Sandpiperssouth end of Ettrick BayAlan Hobson
2 Black GuillemotsRothesay harbour
28tha Knot, 3 Sandwich Terns, 3 Common Sandpipers, a Wigeon and 3 Ringed PloversAscogAlan Hobson
26thOystercatcher sitting on 2 eggsGlecknabaeMike Dodds
Little GrebeKirk Dam
25th10+ adult Common Sandpipersbetween Ettrick Tearoom and Scarrel shoreRay Eddie
pair of Oystercatchers with 2 chicksScarrel shore
pair of Oystercatchers with 2 chicksPort Bannatyne
24thpair of Great Crested Grebes, Whooper Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 15 Mallard and a flock of Sand MartinsLoch QuienIan Hopkins
Sandwich Tern and a pair of Red-breasted MergansersScalpsie BayPaul Unwin
4 Red-breasted MergansersCraigmore
21stOsprey with at least 2 chicksnest 4Ian Hopkins
10 SwiftsMount Pleasant RdAlison Clark
20th3 pairs of Ringed Plovers, each with 2 chicks and an Oystercatcher pair with 2 chicksCraigmoreRay Eddie
pair of SwiftsRussel StreetPaul Ashton
19thpair of Lapwings with at least 1 chick, Moorhen with 5 chicks and a Great Crested Grebe. Mute Swans with 4 visible cygnetsGreenan LochRay Eddie
18thSwallows with 4 eggsnest in Kirk Dam hideRay Eddie
6 Swiftsover Kirk Dam
Red-breasted Merganserchildrens cornerMargaret Macdonald
17th4 Swiftsalong Mount Stuart RdMalcolm Newdick
5 Kestrel chickslocation withheldJohn Williams
16th8 adult Black GuillemotsRothesay harbourRay Eddie
2 Black Guillemot chicksin 2 of the outpipes, Rothesay harbour
15thCommon Sandpipers nest with 4 eggsnear Stuck CottageMalcolm Newdick
11thOystercatcher and chickPort Bannatyne marinaAnne Charnock
2 Great Spotted WoodpeckersKingarth MemorialMargaret Macdonald
10thSand Martins, House Martins and Swallowsaround the MoatPaul Power
single Swiftaround the MoatMike Dodds
large number of CormorantsRothesay BayPaul Unwin
9thLittle EgretKilchattan BayRay Eddie
2 Ospreysnest 4
8th2 Ringed Plover chicks able to fly from 1 pair, 2 smaller chicks from the second pairright of Craigmore pierRay Eddie
Ospreys now feeding chicks(possibly 2)nest 4John Williams
3 juvenile Goosanders and Eiders with chicks, family of BlackcapsEttrick BayRay Eddie
Sand Martin colony of c70 nestholesGlenmoreIan Hopkins and Alan Gilmour
6th3 Common Sandpiper chicksEttrick to Drumachloy shoreRay Eddie
4thCuckoo callingEdinbeg HillPaul Unwin
3rdMute Swans with all 6 hatched eggsGreenan LochTom McMillan, Eskechraggan Farm
2nd4 male Eiders and 1 femalein front of Rothesay pierPaul McTaggart
pair of Black Guillemotsdisplaying at the pier
Oystercatchersnesting in a fish box on the pier
3 Ringed Plover chicksright of Craigmore pierMalcolm Newdick
Oystercatchers with 3 chicksright of Craigmore pierMax Sharp