{"id":8341,"date":"2026-07-25T14:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:13:53","slug":"view-july-2026-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.butemuseum.org.uk\/butebirdgroup\/view-july-2026-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"View July 2026 sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Date<\/th>Species<\/th>Location<\/th>Observer<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
30th<\/td>Common Sandpiper<\/td>Montford<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29th<\/td>2 Red-throated Divers, 6 Red-breasted Mergansers and a number of Sandwich Terns<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27th<\/td>2 Sandwich Terns<\/td>Rothesay harbour<\/td>Paul McTaggart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Tawny Owl<\/td>Glenarch Cove<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25th<\/td>Sandwich tern<\/td>Rothesay Bay<\/td>Jackie Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd<\/td>2 Osprey chicks<\/td>nest 1<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Osprey chicks<\/td>nest 4<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Adult Osprey<\/td>at abandoned nest 5<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8 bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Sandwich Terns and a Kestrel<\/td>Kilchattan Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Adults and 2 fledged chicks<\/td>nest 1<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd<\/td>Nuthatch<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st<\/td>Merlin<\/td>at Birgidale<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>at least 3 Wrens in nest<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20th<\/td>2 Osprey chicks<\/td>nest 1<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Osprey chicks<\/td>nest 4<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10 Swifts<\/td>over Craigmore<\/td>Billy Shields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18th<\/td>1 adult and 2 Osprey chicks<\/td>nest 1<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>small colony of Sand Martins<\/td>Calgary Pond<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th<\/td>2nd brood of 3 Mallard ducklings<\/td>Castle Moat<\/td>Margaret Macdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/td>11 Manx Shearwaters<\/td>passing Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>61 Manx Shearwaters<\/td>north up the West Kyles<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/td>Wren's nest with eggs<\/td>Stuck Cottage<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>small flock of Manx Shearwaters<\/td>heading down the Clyde<\/td>Malcolm Newdick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/td>Shearwaters<\/td>out from Craigmore<\/td>Paul Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>Red-breasted Merganser with 2 chicks<\/td>Kames Bay<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Bar-tailed Godwits<\/td>Ettrick Bay<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>Osprey flying north and 100+ Manx Shearwaters flying north<\/td>West Kyles<\/td>Ray Eddie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Whimbrel and a Wigeon<\/td>Scalpsie Bay<\/td>John Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Common Gull youngster with attentive parents<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1st<\/td>Wigeon<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Ian Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2 Manx Shearwater<\/td>passed Mount Stuart<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Tawny Owl<\/td>Craigmore<\/td>Paul Unwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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