View September 2026 sightings

 

DateSpeciesLocationObserver
27thChiffchaffGlecknabaeJohn Williams
2 Grey Plover, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit and 25 RedshankKilchattan BayIan Hopkins
26th200-300 Gannetsoff GlecknabaeJohn Williams
24thWhooper Swanin field north of Ettrick TearoomPaul Power
Little EgretEttrick BayRay Eddie
23rd2 Wheatears and c40 CurlewSt. Ninian's saltmarshRay Eddie
2 KestrelsStraad
pair of Little Grebes and 2 juvenilesLoch Quien
22ndc16 Eiders in front of Rothesay PierPaul McTaggart
18 Sandwich TernsArdbeg PointRay Eddie
Little EgretKildavanan Point
21stc12 FieldfaresGlecknabaePaul Power
7 Red-breasted Mergansers and 4 Sandwich TernsArdbegRay Eddie
2 Little Egrets and a mixed flock of Sanderlings, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Turnstonesnear Drumachloy Burn
4 Red-throated DiversEttrick Bay
20th8 Knot and 14 Bar-tailed GodwitsKilchattan BayRay Eddie
15 Sandwich TernsArdbeg Point
8 Sanderlingsshore at Ettrick Tearoom
a few young Black Guillemots with adultsin front of Rothesay pierPaul McTaggart
19thpair of White-tailed EaglesKilmichaelJohn Williams
13th16 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Little EgretKilchattan BayIan Hopkins
Peregrinehunting at Ettrick BayLucy Hodson
12th3 Knot, 3 Sanderling and a small flock of Bar-tailed GodwitsKilchattan BayRay Eddie
c400 Greyag plus c150 Canada Geeserear of Gallachan Farm
c25 Lapwingover Loch Quien
mixed wader flock of 4 Sanderling, Turnstone, Ringed Plover and Dunlin and a GoosanderDrumachloy Burn
11thJuvenile Kittiwake and a Goosandermouth of Drumachloy BurnRay Eddie
Red-throated Diver and a small raft of Razorbills and GuillemotsEttrick Bay
2 Ospreysin trees at Woodend, Loch FadIan Hopkins
10thLittle Egret, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, c25 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Goosander and Sandwich TernsEttrick BayRay Eddie
8thadult White-tailed Eagleflying north over Ettrick BayRay Eddie
6thpartially leucistic Blackbirdnear Church StMargaret Macdonald
300-400 Greylagsnear AirfieldBilly Shields
A dozen Gannets and a Little EgretEttrick Bay
Ring-tail Hen HarrierGortansJohn Williams
4th12+ Sandwich TernsKames BayRay Eddie
4 Sanderling among a mixed flock of Dunlin, Ringed Plover and TurnstoneDrumachloy Burn
3rd100+ Gannetsoff Scarrel shorePaul Power
1 Little Egret, 2 Sanderlings with c40 Ringed Plovers, 8 Turnstones and c20-25 Dunlinnear Drumachloy BurnRay Eddie
c20 Red-breasted Mergansersout in Ettrick Bay
2nd6 Red-throated DiversEttrick BayRay Eddie
11 Goosanders and 7 Redshanksnear Drumachloy Burn
4 Sandwich TernsArdbeg Point
1st2 Tawny Owlsabove orchard nurseryChris Moss
2 Sandwich TernsRothesay ferry terminalMalcolm Newdick
Ruff among small group of RedshankEttrick BayRay Eddie
c30 Turnstones and c30 Ringed PloversArdbeg Point