{"id":8091,"date":"2026-01-21T22:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/?p=8091"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:47:19","slug":"view-january-2026-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/view-january-2026-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"View January 2026 sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy New Year everyone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
31st<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Redwings<\/td>Chapelton Plantation<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>beach at Mount Stuart<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>62 Curlew<\/td>near Ettrick hide<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25th<\/td>14 Whooper Swans<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeders<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>Sparrowhawk and Treecreeper<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Little Egrets, male Goosander, pair of Goldeneye and 4 Mute Swans<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lesser Black-backed Gull, pair of Shelduck and 10 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>memorial feeders<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>Great Egret and Little Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Mike Dodds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>over Ettrick Bay<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Bullfinches<\/td>garden<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Jays<\/td>12th green, Rothesay Golf Club<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>Female Red-breasted Merganser<\/td>Castle Moat<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st<\/td>Great Egret and 3 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose and 3 Pink-feet amongst c400 Greylag and Canada Geese<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Snipe and c14 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Jackie Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20th<\/td>Peregrine<\/td>over Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Merlin<\/td>mouth of Colmac Burn<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret and 4 Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>flock of Long-tailed Tits<\/td>near Mt Stuart House<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18th<\/td>Tawny Owl<\/td>High Craigmore<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>Great Egret and 3 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ian Hopkins and Ron Forester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10 Whooper Swans<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>12 Goldeneye<\/td>Kirk Dam<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3 Ravens<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Peregrine<\/td>near Kelspoke<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15th<\/td>Merlin<\/td>Glecknabae<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60+ Dunlin and 16 Greenfinches<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>50+ Ringed Plover<\/td>Ardbeg Point<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>large mixed flock of Geese with an adult and first winter White-fronts<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick shore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10 Whooper Swans and 3 Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Ardbeg<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>Mediterranean Gull<\/td>Pumping station<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th<\/td>male Sparrowhawk<\/td>garden<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>small flock of Knot and Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose still with 4 Pink-feet and Greylags<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c20 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Gallachan Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>near Ardbeg Point<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>Mediterranean Gull<\/td>Pumping station<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>in garden<\/td>Billy Shields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>Long-tailed Tits and a Nuthatch<\/td>garden feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose and 4 Pink-feet with c350 Greylags<\/td>field between Drumachloy and Ettrick Tearoom<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>Stonechat<\/td>Lovers Lane<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Grey Wagtail<\/td>Tower Street<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Jays, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Sparrowhawk<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Barn Owl<\/td>hunting at Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Willie McKirdy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>flying north over Ettrick Bay<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>7 Bar-tailed Godwits, mixed flock of Turnstones, Dunlin and Ringed Plover<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>c25 Lapwing and a large flock of Starlings<\/td>Kerrymenoch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher and a Shag<\/td>Rothesay Castle moat<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Whooper Swan with small flock of Canada Geese, pair of Little Grebes, small flock of Fieldfare and Snipe and Teal at loch edge<\/td>Quien Loch<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Happy New Year everyone, \n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
31st<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Redwings<\/td>Chapelton Plantation<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>beach at Mount Stuart<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>62 Curlew<\/td>near Ettrick hide<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25th<\/td>14 Whooper Swans<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeders<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>Sparrowhawk and Treecreeper<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Little Egrets, male Goosander, pair of Goldeneye and 4 Mute Swans<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Lesser Black-backed Gull, pair of Shelduck and 10 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>memorial feeders<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>Great Egret and Little Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Mike Dodds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>over Ettrick Bay<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Bullfinches<\/td>garden<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Jays<\/td>12th green, Rothesay Golf Club<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>Female Red-breasted Merganser<\/td>Castle Moat<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st<\/td>Great Egret and 3 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose and 3 Pink-feet amongst c400 Greylag and Canada Geese<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Snipe and c14 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Jackie Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20th<\/td>Peregrine<\/td>over Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Merlin<\/td>mouth of Colmac Burn<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret and 4 Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>flock of Long-tailed Tits<\/td>near Mt Stuart House<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18th<\/td>Tawny Owl<\/td>High Craigmore<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>Great Egret and 3 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ian Hopkins and Ron Forester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10 Whooper Swans<\/td>Loch Ascog<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>12 Goldeneye<\/td>Kirk Dam<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3 Ravens<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Peregrine<\/td>near Kelspoke<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15th<\/td>Merlin<\/td>Glecknabae<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60+ Dunlin and 16 Greenfinches<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>50+ Ringed Plover<\/td>Ardbeg Point<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>large mixed flock of Geese with an adult and first winter White-fronts<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick shore<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10 Whooper Swans and 3 Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>Ardbeg<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>Mediterranean Gull<\/td>Pumping station<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th<\/td>male Sparrowhawk<\/td>garden<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>small flock of Knot and Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose still with 4 Pink-feet and Greylags<\/td>Cranslagvourity Farm<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>c20 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Gallachan Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pair of Red-breasted Mergansers<\/td>near Ardbeg Point<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>Mediterranean Gull<\/td>Pumping station<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>in garden<\/td>Billy Shields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>Long-tailed Tits and a Nuthatch<\/td>garden feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Taiga Bean Goose and 4 Pink-feet with c350 Greylags<\/td>field between Drumachloy and Ettrick Tearoom<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>Stonechat<\/td>Lovers Lane<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Grey Wagtail<\/td>Tower Street<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Jays, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Sparrowhawk<\/td>Kingarth Memorial feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Barn Owl<\/td>hunting at Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Willie McKirdy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>flying north over Ettrick Bay<\/td>Lucy Hodson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>7 Bar-tailed Godwits, mixed flock of Turnstones, Dunlin and Ringed Plover<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>c25 Lapwing and a large flock of Starlings<\/td>Kerrymenoch<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher and a Shag<\/td>Rothesay Castle moat<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Whooper Swan with small flock of Canada Geese, pair of Little Grebes, small flock of Fieldfare and Snipe and Teal at loch edge<\/td>Quien Loch<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

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