View August 2026 sightings

 

DateSpeciesLocationObserver
30th2 Red-throated DiversKilchattan BayPaul Unwin
small group of Sandwich Terns and a juvenile Kittiwakeheading south past Hawks Nib
Ospreyover Kilchattan BayLucy Hodson
pair of Tawny Owls callingnear Argyle PlaceJackie Eddie
29th15+ Black Guillemotsoff MontfordPaul Unwin
pair of Tawny Owls callingMount StuartLiz McKirdy
large number of Auks with their chicksbetween Scarrel shore and Ardlamont PointIan Hopkins
immature Peregrine huntingrear of Kingarth HotelRay Eddie
2 Red-throated DiversEttrick Bay
4 Sandwich Terns, Oystercatchers and Ringed PloversArdbeg Point
28th7 Sandwich TernsArdbeg PointRay Eddie
Ospreynest 1
26th48 Tufted Duck, 5 Little Grebe and a Whooper SwanLoch QuienIan Hopkins
25thMale WigeonKirk DamRay Eddie
Grey Wagtailcastle moat
juvenile White-tailed EagleGreenan Loch
4 Little EgretsEttrick Bay
24th3 juvenile Black GuillemotsRothesay BayPaul McTaggart
21st2 Kingfisherscastle moatMike Dodds
20thKestrelDunagoil FarmPaul McTaggart
19thRed-throated DiverEttrick BayRay Eddie
small flock of Turnstones and Ringed PloversArdbeg Point
15thHouse Martins have fledgednear the parkMarion McCartney
13thflock of Sandwich Terns and GannetsGlenarch Cove, CraigmorePaul Unwin
Redshanks and Common Sandpiperson the rocks at Glenarch Cove
12th6 Sandwich Ternsoff Bogany PointMelissa Peakman
9th3 Bar-tailed Godwitssouth end of Ettrick BayRay Eddie
4 Goosanders, 1 Sanderling and 2 Dunlin among 16 Ringed Ploversnear Drumachloy burn
4 Manx Shearwatersoff Kildavanan point
8thsmall flock of Sandwich Ternsfeeding off Rothesay PierPaul McTaggart
7th5 Sandwich TernsRothesay BayPaul McTaggart
mixed flock of c500 Greylag and Canada Geesefields near Ettrick BayRay Eddie
200+ Manx ShearwaterEttrick Bay
5 Sandwich TernsArdbeg Point
6thmale Hen HarrierScarrelPaul Power
5thfamily party of Spotted Flycatcherswee garden at Mount StuartPaul Unwin
c30 CurlewSt Ninian's BayAlison Clark
3rdOspreys fledged 2 chicksnest 1Ian Hopkins
Ospreys fledged 2 chicksnest 2
500+ Greylag and Canada Geese, 2 Sandwich Terns and their chick, a Goosander and 200+ Common GullsEttrick BayRay Eddie
RavenGlecknabae
100+ Manx ShearwatersWestern Kyles
2ndSpotted FlycatcherGlecknabaePaul Unwin
1stc50 Greylag Geese including a partial leucistic oneclose to airfieldPaul Unwin