{"id":7984,"date":"2025-11-14T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/?p=7984"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:24:34","slug":"view-november-2025-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/view-november-2025-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"View November 2025 sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
30th<\/td>pair of Stonechats<\/td>Loch fad<\/td>Paul Ashton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dunlin, Little Egret and Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>North end of Ettrick Bay<\/td>Anne Charnock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>female Hen Harrier and c100-120 Golden Plover<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>Kames Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29th<\/td>Merlin<\/td>hillside adjacent to St. Blanes<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>south end of Ettrick Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28th<\/td>possible Great Egret<\/td>on shore at Montford<\/td>Margaret Webster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27th<\/td>Jack Snipe<\/td>Culevine Cottage, Kingarth<\/td>reported by Lizzie Potter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26th<\/td>Dipper<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25th<\/td>1 Great Northern and 2 Red-throated Divers<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5 Whoopers and 4 Mute swans<\/td>Ambrismore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>6 Whoopers among Canada Geese and Curlew<\/td>field opposite Scalpsie Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>Little Egret, Great Northern Diver and a small flock of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>9 Whoopers including 3 juveniles<\/td>fields near Ambrismore<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>off Craigmore pier<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart, Wee garden<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goldeneye<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>in front of Port Post Office<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Dipper<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>4 Little Grebes<\/td>Kames Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Craigmore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16th<\/td>Barn Owl<\/td>St. Ninian's<\/td>Samuel Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>90 Knot and 4 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15th<\/td>Short eared Owl and a Barn Owl<\/td>saltmarsh<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c80-100 Golden Plovers mixed with Dunlin<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c450 Canada Geese<\/td>field below Largievrechtan Farm<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>59 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>400+ Canada Geese<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>Great Northern Diver<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>Dipper plus mixed flock of 150+ waders including 40+ Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, Turnstones and 2 Sanderlings<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Red-throated Diver<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Bar-tailed Godwits, Wigeon, Teal, 2 Grey Wagtails and 2 Stonechats<\/td>Ettrick hide<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk and Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/td>25 Whooper Swans<\/td>over Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8 Purple Sandpipers and a female Common Scoter, a Peregrine, a Raven and a mixed flock of Redwings and Fieldfares<\/td>Dunagoil<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9 Pink-footed Geese<\/td>opposite Ardnahoe Farm road end<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>2 hybrid Cackling Geese in flock with c200 Greylag and 4 Barnacle Geese<\/td>near airfield<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>400+ Canada Geese and 250+ Greylag<\/td>opposite Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>large flock of Starlings<\/td>Straad<\/td>Maria Van Oosten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60+ Mallards and 20+ Skylarks<\/td>near airfield<\/td>Liz McKirdy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker and mixed flock of Mistle Thrushes and Fieldfare<\/td>Glecknabae<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c20 Fieldfares<\/td>field near Skeoch Wood<\/td>Chris Moss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>21 Whooper Swans<\/td>near airfield<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3 Ravens<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>Cnocnicoll<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dipper<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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30th<\/td>pair of Stonechats<\/td>Loch fad<\/td>Paul Ashton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dunlin, Little Egret and Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>North end of Ettrick Bay<\/td>Anne Charnock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>female Hen Harrier and c100-120 Golden Plover<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>Kames Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29th<\/td>Merlin<\/td>hillside adjacent to St. Blanes<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>south end of Ettrick Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28th<\/td>possible Great Egret<\/td>on shore at Montford<\/td>Margaret Webster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27th<\/td>Jack Snipe<\/td>Culevine Cottage, Kingarth<\/td>reported by Lizzie Potter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26th<\/td>Dipper<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25th<\/td>1 Great Northern and 2 Red-throated Divers<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5 Whoopers and 4 Mute swans<\/td>Ambrismore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>6 Whoopers among Canada Geese and Curlew<\/td>field opposite Scalpsie Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>Little Egret, Great Northern Diver and a small flock of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>9 Whoopers including 3 juveniles<\/td>fields near Ambrismore<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>off Craigmore pier<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart, Wee garden<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goldeneye<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>in front of Port Post Office<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dunlin, Ringed Plover, 4 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Dipper<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>4 Little Grebes<\/td>Kames Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Craigmore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16th<\/td>Barn Owl<\/td>St. Ninian's<\/td>Samuel Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>90 Knot and 4 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15th<\/td>Short eared Owl and a Barn Owl<\/td>saltmarsh<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c80-100 Golden Plovers mixed with Dunlin<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c450 Canada Geese<\/td>field below Largievrechtan Farm<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>59 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>400+ Canada Geese<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>Great Northern Diver<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>Dipper plus mixed flock of 150+ waders including 40+ Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, Turnstones and 2 Sanderlings<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Red-throated Diver<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Bar-tailed Godwits, Wigeon, Teal, 2 Grey Wagtails and 2 Stonechats<\/td>Ettrick hide<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk and Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/td>25 Whooper Swans<\/td>over Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8 Purple Sandpipers and a female Common Scoter, a Peregrine, a Raven and a mixed flock of Redwings and Fieldfares<\/td>Dunagoil<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9 Pink-footed Geese<\/td>opposite Ardnahoe Farm road end<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>2 hybrid Cackling Geese in flock with c200 Greylag and 4 Barnacle Geese<\/td>near airfield<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>400+ Canada Geese and 250+ Greylag<\/td>opposite Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>large flock of Starlings<\/td>Straad<\/td>Maria Van Oosten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60+ Mallards and 20+ Skylarks<\/td>near airfield<\/td>Liz McKirdy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker and mixed flock of Mistle Thrushes and Fieldfare<\/td>Glecknabae<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c20 Fieldfares<\/td>field near Skeoch Wood<\/td>Chris Moss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great White Egret<\/td>Loch Fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>21 Whooper Swans<\/td>near airfield<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3 Ravens<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>Cnocnicoll<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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