{"id":8103,"date":"2026-03-05T12:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:04:54","slug":"view-februaury-2026-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/view-februaury-2026-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"View Februaury 2026 sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
28th<\/td>pair of Black Guillemots<\/td>Rothesay pier<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>80+ Golden Plover<\/td>St. Ninians<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret, 4 Whoopers and a Great Crested Grebe<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Gadwall<\/td>Kirk Dam<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Purple Sandpipers<\/td>Kilchattan Bay, soth of bus turning circle<\/td>David Foxcroft reported to Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26th<\/td>pair of Great Black-backed Gulls, eating a dead Auk<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>16 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 4 Shelduck and 46 Wigeon<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>10 Whooper Swans, 2 Little Egrets and c50 Wigeon<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>singing Skylark<\/td>Ardroscadale shore<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>flying north towards western Kyles<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>20 Black Guillemot<\/td>pier<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Loch Fad, south end<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Male Hen Harrier, Whooper Swan, Great Crested Grebe and c60 Wigeon and 60 Curlew<\/td>Quien Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Skylarks<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ron Forrester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skylark<\/td>Rhubodach<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>fishing Craigmore\/Montford<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Taiga Bean Geese among flock of Greylag<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>Shelduck and Little Egret<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Mike Dodds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodcock<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers<\/td>Mount Stuart<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>between Bute and north end of Inchmarnock<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8 Pintail, 33 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Shelduck, 2 nearly completely white Greylags within 400+ flock <\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>65-70 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Gallachan Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16th<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dipper<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Greenland White-fronts amongst Greylag flock<\/td>near Ettrick Tea room<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>rear of house<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pairs of Bullfinches<\/td>Church Lane<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Greenland White-front and 11 Pinkfeet amongst Greylag flock, of 400-500 birds<\/td>Ettrick flats<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/td>2 Buzzards<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>Bean Goose, 3 Pinkfeet and a Barnacle Goose among Greylag flock<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Northern Diver<\/td>off Glecknabae<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>83 Lapwing<\/td>fields, south end of Ettrick<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th <\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>on Shalunt shore<\/td>Reported to Paul McTaggart by Bertie Zavaroni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>Kildavanan Point<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial <\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>2 pairs of Ravens<\/td>near Glecknabae<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret and 70+ Curlew and a pair of Shelduck<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>male Hen Harrier<\/td>Scoulag Moor<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goosanders<\/td>Loch fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goosanders and pair of Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial <\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>small flock of Mistle Thrushes<\/td>reservoir wood<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ringed Plover<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Max Sharp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
28th<\/td>pair of Black Guillemots<\/td>Rothesay pier<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>80+ Golden Plover<\/td>St. Ninians<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret, 4 Whoopers and a Great Crested Grebe<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Gadwall<\/td>Kirk Dam<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Purple Sandpipers<\/td>Kilchattan Bay, soth of bus turning circle<\/td>David Foxcroft reported to Melissa Peakman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26th<\/td>pair of Great Black-backed Gulls, eating a dead Auk<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th<\/td>16 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 4 Shelduck and 46 Wigeon<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>10 Whooper Swans, 2 Little Egrets and c50 Wigeon<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>singing Skylark<\/td>Ardroscadale shore<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>flying north towards western Kyles<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>20 Black Guillemot<\/td>pier<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Egret<\/td>Loch Fad, south end<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Male Hen Harrier, Whooper Swan, Great Crested Grebe and c60 Wigeon and 60 Curlew<\/td>Quien Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Skylarks<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td>Ron Forrester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Skylark<\/td>Rhubodach<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>fishing Craigmore\/Montford<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Taiga Bean Geese among flock of Greylag<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th<\/td>Shelduck and Little Egret<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>Mike Dodds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Little Egrets<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Woodcock<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers<\/td>Mount Stuart<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>between Bute and north end of Inchmarnock<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8 Pintail, 33 Bar-tailed Godwits, 4 Shelduck, 2 nearly completely white Greylags within 400+ flock <\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>65-70 Lapwing<\/td>opposite Gallachan Farm<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16th<\/td>Jay<\/td>Kingarth feeders<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Dipper<\/td>Drumachloy Burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Greenland White-fronts amongst Greylag flock<\/td>near Ettrick Tea room<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Sparrowhawk<\/td>rear of house<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 pairs of Bullfinches<\/td>Church Lane<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Greenland White-front and 11 Pinkfeet amongst Greylag flock, of 400-500 birds<\/td>Ettrick flats<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/td>2 Buzzards<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>Bean Goose, 3 Pinkfeet and a Barnacle Goose among Greylag flock<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Kingfisher<\/td>Drumachloy burn<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Northern Diver<\/td>off Glecknabae<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>83 Lapwing<\/td>fields, south end of Ettrick<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th <\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>on Shalunt shore<\/td>Reported to Paul McTaggart by Bertie Zavaroni<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>White-tailed Eagle<\/td>Kildavanan Point<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>Kingarth Memorial <\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>2 pairs of Ravens<\/td>near Glecknabae<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Little Egret and 70+ Curlew and a pair of Shelduck<\/td>St. Ninian's Bay<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>male Hen Harrier<\/td>Scoulag Moor<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goosanders<\/td>Loch fad<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>pair of Goosanders and pair of Goldeneye<\/td>Greenan Loch<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Jay<\/td>Kingarth Memorial <\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Mount Stuart feeder<\/td>Calvin McFarlane<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>small flock of Mistle Thrushes<\/td>reservoir wood<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Ringed Plover<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Max Sharp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143,83,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-143","category-latest-news","category-recent-sightings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8103"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8108,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8103\/revisions\/8108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}