Recent Sightings - 2021
December 2021 – Sightings
10/12/2021
- Little Auk (x1 from ferry)
- Guillemot (x20 from ferry)
- Red-breasted Merganser (from ferry)
9/12/2021
- White-fronted Geese (x7)
- Fieldfare (x2)
- Redwing (x4)
- Chaffinch (x25)
- Goldfinch (x22)
- Goldcrest (x2)
8/12/2021
- Snow Bunting (x1 – and 3 others reported also)
- Kestrel
5/12/2021
- Greenland White-fronted Goose (x22)
- Curlew (x5)
- Redshank (x2)
3/12/2021
- Woodcock(x2)
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Strand-line corpses including 2 Kittiwakes, Razorbill, Fulmar and Gannet
2/12/2021
- Twite (x30)
- Peregrine (female)
- Snipe
- Curlew (x11)
- Great Northern Diver (x3)
- Little Auk (tideline corpse)
- (White-tailed Eagle reported)
1/12/2021
November 2021 – Sightings
29/11/2021
- Merlin (male)
27/11/2021
- large fall of Chaffinches and Blackbirds following northerly gales
- Teal (x20)
- Mallard (x20)
- Tufted Duck (x2 male)
- Great Northern Diver (x2)
- Red-breasted Merganser
25/11/2021
- Teal (x12)
- Mallard (x12)
- Tufted Duck (x1 male)
24/11/2021
- Sparrowhawk
23/11/2021
- Peregrine (female)
21/11/2021
- Ringed Plover (x60)
- Sanderling (x20)
- Redshank
- Curlew (x6)
- Turnstone
- Grey Seal
19/11/2021
- Snow Goose (x6)
- Ringed Plover (x21)
- Lapwing (x12)
- Red-breasted Merganser (male)
- Barnacle Goose (x1000)
- Teal (x80)
- Whooper Swan
- Mallard (x24)
- Wigeon (x16)
- Cormorant (x60)
- Great Northern Diver
- Common Seal (x3)
18/11/2021
October 2021 – Sightings
30/10/2021
- Ringed Plover (x17)
- Turnstone (x8)
- Sanderling (x1)
- Tufted Duck (a pair)
29/10/2021
- White-tailed Eagle
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Great Northern Diver (x10)
- Curlew (x4)
- Turnstone (x25)
- Red-breasted Merganser (x6)
- Peregrine (male)
- Redwing (x30)
- White-fronted Goose (x26)
- Tufted Duck (a pair)
- Teal
27/10/2021
- Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
25/10/2021
- Rock Pipit (x4)
- Ring Ouzel (second of the autumn)
- Redwings (x10)
- Kittiwake (x12)
- Common Guillemot (x2 south)
24/10/2021
- Dunnock (x2)
- Redwing (x50)
- Kestrel
- Gannet (x4)
23/10/2021
September 2021 – Sightings
24/9/2021
- Great Skua
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Merlin (x2)
- Great Northern Diver
- Kittiwake
- Ringed Plover (x43)
- Red-breasted Merganser (x6)
- Twite
- Red-throated Diver
- White-fronted Goose (x 1 south)
- Pale-bellied Brent Goose (x1)
- SnowGoose (x6)
- Swallow (x2)
- Sand Martin (x1)
- Black-tailed Godwit (x40 south)
- Goosander (x3 reported)
- Otter (x2)
- Red Admiral
23/9/2021
- Turnstone (x45)
- Sanderling (x120)
- Dunlin (x10)
- Ringed Plover (x80)
- Redshank
- Red-breasted Merganser (x8)
- Great Northern Diver (x2)
- Eider
- Manx Shearwater
- Wigeon (x1)
- Whimbrel (x1)
- Curlew (x4)
- Red-throated Diver (x4)
- Risso’s Dolphin (male dead on beach)
22/9/2021
August 2021 – Sightings
31/8/2021
- Peregrine
- Pipewort (in flower)
- Water Lobelia
- Lesser Water-plantain
- Fir Clubmoss
30/8/2021
- Great Skua (x2)
- Sanderling (x2+4+6)
- Red-throated Divers (x2)
- Eider (x4)
- Shag (x1000)
- Peregrine
- Hen Harrier (ring-tailed)
- Lyme Grass
- Ray’s Knotgrass
- Common Whitlowgrass
29/8/2021
- Moth Trap: Mouse, Autumnal Rustic, Small Wainscot, Square-spot Rustic, Grey Chi, Pink-barred Sallow, Antler, Crescent, Rosy Rustic, Chestnut-coloured Carpet, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, White-line Dart, Dark Arches, Northern Deep-brown Dart, Garden Rose Tortrix
28/8/2021
July 2021 – Sightings
31/7/2021
- Dunnock
- Goldcrest
- Hen Harrier
- Wood Pigeon
- Greenshank
- Red-throated Diver
- Arctic Skua
- Peregrine
30/7/2021
- Small Argent and Sable
- Twite
- White Wagtail
- Knotted Pearlwort
29/7/2021
- Irish Ladies-tresses
- Snipe
- Bitter Vetchling
- Lesser Skullcap
- Otter
28/7/2021
- Great Skua (x4)
- Arctic Skua (x6)
- Red-throated Diver (x4)
- Peregrine
- Hen Harrier (juv)
- Greenshank
27/7/2021
- Cuckoo
- Twite
- Turnstone
- Teal
- Great Skua
26/7/2021
- Moth trap: True Lover’s Knot, Antler, Dark Arches, Light Arches, Dotted Clay, Ingrailed Clay, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Garden Tiger, Scotch Annulet, Scalloped Oak, Gold Spot, Campion, Small Fan-footed Wave, Magpie, Bright-line Brown-eye, Large Yellow Underwing, Smoky Wainscot, Rustic, Clouded-bordered Brindle
- Red-throated Diver
- Twayblade
- Frog Orchid
- Common Sea-grass
- Otter
25/7/2021
June 2021 – Sightings
30/6/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap: Dusky Brocade, Campion, Bright-line Brown-eye, True Lovers’ Knot, Shears, Knot Grass, Flame Shoulder, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Coleophora pyrruhulipinnella
28/6/2021 Link to heading
- Common Mallow (first for Coll!)
27/6/2021 Link to heading
- Curlew (x4 south)
- Wood Pigeon (x2)
- Arctic Skua
- Harbour Porpoise (x2 from ferry)
26/6/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier
- Kestrel
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid
- Peregrine Falcon (x4)
25/6/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier
- Dark Green Fritillary
- Black-headed Gull (x12)
- Great Skua
- Corncrake
- Eider (x3 females)
- Grey Seals
- Northern Marsh Orchid
- Arctic Skua
- Manx Shearwaters (x100s moving north)
24/6/2021 Link to heading
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Eider
- Twite (family group)
- Pyramidal Orchid
- Eel-grass (Zostera marina)
- Snow Goose (x6)
- Dunlin
- Great Skua
- Arctic Skua
23/6/2021 Link to heading
- Lesser Butterfly Orchids
- Water Lobelia
- Pipewort
- Frog Orchids
22/6/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap: Dusky Brocade (24), Grey Scalloped Bar, Poplar Hawkmoth, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Shears, Broom, Small Angle Shades, Knot Grass, Bright-line Brown-eye, Aethes piercei, Elachista argentella
- Cuckoo
- Corncrake
- Little Tern (x2)
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Hen Harrier (female and male)
- Great Skua (x5)
- Red-throated Diver
- Arctic Skua
- Greenfinch
21/6/2021 Link to heading
- Bottlenose Dolphin (x4 from ferry)
- Harbour Porpoise (x3 from ferry)
- Red-breasted Merganser (with 8 ducklings)
- Hen Harrier
20/6/2021 Link to heading
- Wood Pigeon (x2)
19/6/2021 Link to heading
- Coxcomb Prominent (moth)
- True Lover’s Knot (moth)
- Hen Harrier (male)
18/6/2021 Link to heading
- Pebble Prominent (moth – x2)
- Corncrake
- True Lover’s Knot (moth)
16/6/2021 Link to heading
- Red-throated Diver
- Great Skua
- Pyramidal Orchid
- Common Blue (butterfly) first of year
- Six-spot Burnet (moth) first of year
- Hen Harrier (x1 female, x1 male)
- Whimbrel
15/6/2021 Link to heading
- True Lover’s Knot (moth – x2)
- Narrow-winged Pug (moth – x2)
- Light Knotgrass (moth)
- Otter (x2 juv)
- Heath Rush
14/6/2021 Link to heading
- Pheasant (female)
- Hen Harrier (female)
12/6/2021 Link to heading
- Sparrowhawk
11/6/2021 Link to heading
- Red-throated Diver (x2)
- Great Skua
- Red-breasted Merganser (x2)
- White-tailed Eagle
10/6/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Ruby Tiger (moth)
- Marsh Arrow-grass
- Distant Sedge
- Adder’s-tongue Fern
- Early Marsh Orchid var. incarnata
9/6/2021 Link to heading
- Corncrake
- Sedge Warbler
- Turnstone (x4)
- Dunlin (x3)
- Little Tern (x24)
8/6/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap – Map-winged Swift; Fox moth; Knotgrass (x9); Belted Beauty; Poplar Hawkmoth; Elephant Hawkmoth; Buff Ermine; Light Knotgrass; White Ermine
- Sparrowhawk (male)
- Hen Harrier (x2 male; x1 female)
- Golden Plover
- Mountain Everlasting
- Pipewort (rosettes)
- Aspen
- Royal Fern
- Whitethroat
- Otter
- Arctic Skua
- Manx Shearwater
- Red-breasted Merganser (x1 female)
- Arctic Tern
- Curlew (x2)
7/6/2021 Link to heading
- Arctic Skua (2+2)
- Corncrake
- Sand Martin
- Shag
- Fulmar
- Hairy Rock-cress
- Garden Chafers (in abundance)
- Common lizard (on strand line!)
- Sea Squill
- Black-headed Gull (x2)
- Field Pansy
- Early Purple Orchid
- Changing Forget-me-not
- Early Marsh Orchid var coccinea
6/6/2021 Link to heading
- Fairy Foxglove
- Hen Harrier
- Great Skua (x2)
- Buzzard (x2)
- Kestrel
3/6/2021 Link to heading
- Hairy Sedge (new record for Coll)
2/6/2021 Link to heading
- Red-throated Diver
- Arctic Skua (x4)
- Otter
- Great Skua (x2)
- Canada Goose (pr with goslings)
- Shelduck
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Great Northern Diver
1/6/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Snow Goose
- Corncrake
- Spring Squill
- Black-headed Gull (x6)
- Early Marsh Orchid var coccinea
- Arctic Skua (x2)
- Sanderling (x5)
- Little Tern (x12+)
- Hairy Rock-cress
- Grey Seal (x4)
- Peregrine (x2)
May 2021 – Sightings
31/5/2021 Link to heading
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler (1st for Coll – singing from 11am till dusk)
30/5/2021 Link to heading
- Arctic Skua
- Spotted Flycatcher
- House Martin
29/5/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
28/5/2021 Link to heading
- House Martin
27/5/2021 Link to heading
- Common Dolphin (large pod)
- Arctic Tern
- Cinnabar moth
26/5/2021 Link to heading
- Common Dolphin (c70)
- Turnstones (x3)
25/5/2021 Link to heading
- Shoveler (pair)
- Peregrine (x2)
- Great Skua
- Golden Plover (x5)
- Hen Harrier (x2)
- Moss Carder Bee
- Mackay’s Horsetail
24/5/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Snow Goose (x2)
- Corncrake
- Arctic Skua
- Great Skua
- Shelduck (x4)
- Teal (x2)
- Canada Goose (x2)
- Whimbrel (x6)
- Whitethroat
- Spring Squill
23/5/2021 Link to heading
- Corncrake
- Little Tern
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Flea Sedge
22/5/2021 Link to heading
- Lesser Redpoll (dead)
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Mountain Everlasting
21/5/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Arctic Skua
- Boxing Hares
19/5/2021 Link to heading
- Pheasant (1 female)
- Dunlin
- Red-throated Diver (x2)
- Great Northern Diver
- Minke Whale
18/5/2021 Link to heading
- Otter
- Peregrine
- Cuckoo (x 3 bubbling and croaking)
- Corncrake
- Hen Harrier (1 male, 1 female)
- Woodpigeon
- Whimbrel
17/5/2021 Link to heading
- Redpoll
- Sedge Warbler
16/5/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap – Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet; Glaucous Shears
- Canada Goose (pair plus 5 goslings)
- Eider (x2)
- Shelduck (x2)
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Bitter Vetchling
- Pignut
- Goldenrod
- Hemlock Water-dropwort
- Green-ribbed Sedge
15/5/2021 Link to heading
- Cuckoo (bubbling)
- Shelduck (x2)
- Eider (pair)
- Great Skua
- Blinks
- Bog Stitchwort
14/5/2021 Link to heading
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Great Northern Diver (x2)
- Corncrake
- Turnstone
- Short-necked Oil Beetle (x3 female x1 male)
- Spring Squill
- Common Whitlowgrass
13/5/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap – Puss Moth
- Green Hairstreak
- Red Admiral
12/5/2021 Link to heading
- Moth trap – Hebrew Character; Red Chestnut; Depressaria radiella
- Chiffchaff
- Little Tern (x c10)
- Great Northern Diver
- Little Grebe
- Red-throated Diver
- Hen Harrier
- Great Skua
- White-beaked Dolphin (x c12)
- Ringed Plover (x c90)
- Dublin (x c60)
- Golden Plover (x8)
- Whimbrel (x3)
- Mossy Saxifrage
11/5/2021 Link to heading
- Razorbill
- Great Northern Diver (x2)
- Red-throated Diver
- Arctic Tern (in abundance)
- Little Tern (x2)
- Harbour Porpoise
10/5/2021 Link to heading
- Golden Plover (x19)
- Buzzard
9/5/2021 Link to heading
- Red-throated Diver (x5)
- Hen Harrier (x4 male, x1 female)
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Corncrake (x4)
- Greenland Wheatear
- White Wagtail
- Sanderling (x3)
- Otter (x3)
- Tutsan
8/5/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier
- Great Skua
- Hare’S-tail Cotton-grass
- Rook (v unusual)
6/5/2021 Link to heading
- Canada Goose (+ 1 juvenile)
- White Wagtail
- Eider (x3)
- Teal (x2)
- Shelduck (x2)
- Arctic Skua (x2)
- Woodpigeon (x2)
- Whimbrel
- Red-breasted Merganser
5/5/2021 Link to heading
- Whinchat
- Great Skua
- Turnstone (x15)
- Eider (pair)
- Great Northern Diver
- Whimbrel (x4)
- Dunlin (x102)
- Ringed Plover (x53)
- White Wagtail (x20)
- Red-breasted Merganser (x3)
- Greenland Wheatear
- Golden Plover
- Twite (x2)
- Barnacle Goose
- Fulmar
- Buzzard (x2)
- Sanderling (x5)
- Common Tern (x2)
- Cornsalad
- Rue-leaved Saxifrage
- Common Whitlowgrass
- Sea Campion (in flower)
- Sea Spleenwort
- Spring Squill
3/5/2021 Link to heading
- Redwing (x2)
2/5/2021 Link to heading
- Barnacle Goose
- Whimbrel (x5)
- Golden Plover (x120)
- Whooper Swan
- White Wagtail (x2)
1/5/2021 Link to heading
- White-tailed Eagle
- Little Tern (x25)
- Whimbrel (x4)
- Swallow
- Dunlin (x4)
- Common sandpiper
April 2021 – Sightings
29/4/2021 Link to heading
- Otter
28/4/2021 Link to heading
- Minke Whale
- Sedge Warbler
- Corncrake (x2 – they’re back!)
- White-fronted Goose (x4)
- Teal (x7)
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Whooper Swan (x3)
- Shoveler
- Gadwall (a pair)
- Tufted Duck
- Whimbrel (x3)
- Scots Lovage (new site)
- Lapwing (chicks everywhere)
- Hen Harrier (x3 males)
- Mossy Saxifrage (locally abundant)
27/4/2021 Link to heading
- Pipewort (rosettes developing)
- White-tailed Eagle
- Kestrel
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Rue-leaved Saxifrage
26/4/2021 Link to heading
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Hen Harrier (male)
25/4/2021 Link to heading
- Common Heath moth (first of year)
- Marsh Violet
24/4/2021 Link to heading
- Thale Cress (only Coll location)
- Porpoise (x5)
- Red-throated Diver (x4)
- Cuckoo (new arrivals)
- Hawfinch (major rarity!)
23/4/2021 Link to heading
- Twite (x5)
- Barnacle Goose (x120 north)
- Little Terns (x15 new for year)
21/4/2021 Link to heading
- Pink Purslane (new for Coll)
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Long-tailed Tit
- Black-headed Gull (x7)
- Eider (x20)
- Whimbrel (x8)
- Shoveler (x4)
- Wigeon (x2)
- Black-tailed Godwit (x14)
- Golden Plover (x40+60)
- Otter (x2)
- Great Northern Diver (x25)
- Willow Warblers (first of the year)
20/4/2021 Link to heading
- Green Hairstreak
- Common Seal (x75)
- Golden Plover (x40)
- Dunlin (x6)
- Sanderling (x16)
17/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (a pair)
- Golden Plover (x4)
- Sand Martin (at colony)
- Sea Spleenwort
- Shelduck (a pair)
16/4/2021 Link to heading
- Roseroot (new location)
15/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Golden Plover (x5)
- Arctic Skua (x1)
- White-tailed Eagle (x3)
14/4/2021 Link to heading
- Common Scurvy-grass
- Great Northern Diver (x8 calling)
- Black Guillemot (x11)
- Eider (x2 pairs)
- Red-breasted Merganser (x4 pairs)
- Shelduck (x2)
- Canada Goose (2 separate individuals)
- Peregrine (x2)
- Otter (2 separate individuals)
12/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Eider (2 pairs)
- Barnacle Goose (x150)
- Pink-footed Goose (x70 north)
11/4/2021 Link to heading
- Water Rail
- Whooper Swan (x14)
- Wood Pigeon (x7 pairs)
9/4/2021 Link to heading
- Whooper Swan (x16)
- Arctic Skua
- Bonxie (x3 in territory)
- Red-throated Diver (2 pairs in territory)
- Hen Harrier (pair)
7/4/2021 Link to heading
- Early Whitlowgrass (new location)
- White-tailed Eagle
- Hart’s-tongue Fern (new location)
- Hen Harrier (male)
5/4/2021 Link to heading
- Redwing (50+)
- Chiffchaff
- Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
- Merlin (cracking male!)
4/4/2021 Link to heading
- Eider
- Great Northern Diver (x3)
- Mute swan
3/4/2021 Link to heading
- Bonxie
- Twite
- Merlin
2/4/2021 Link to heading
- Shelduck
- Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
- Black Guillemot (x2)
- Rusty-back Fern (local rarity)
- Peacock butterfly (x4)
- White-tailed Eagle (x3)
- Merlin (female)
- Moss Carder Bee (queen)
- Bonxie (x2)
1/4/2021 Link to heading
- Minke Whale (our first of the year)
- Manx Shearwaters (north in numbers)
- Hart’s-tongue Fern (new location!)
- White-tailed Eagle (x2)
- Whooper Swan (x16+1)
March 2021 – Sightings
29/04/2021 Link to heading
- Otter
28/4/2021 Link to heading
- Minke Whale
- Sedge Warbler
- Corncrake (x2 – they’re back!)
- White-fronted Goose (x4)
- Teal (x7)
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Whooper Swan (x3)
- Shoveler
- Gadwall (a pair)
- Tufted Duck
- Whimbrel (x3)
- Scots Lovage (new site)
- Lapwing (chicks everywhere)
- Hen Harrier (x3 males)
- Mossy Saxifrage (locally abundant)
27/4/2021 Link to heading
- Pipewort (rosettes developing)
- White-tailed Eagle
- Kestrel
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Rue-leaved Saxifrage
26/4/2021 Link to heading
- Mute Swan (x2)
- Hen Harrier (male)
25/4/2021 Link to heading
- Common Heath moth (first of year)
- Marsh Violet
24/4/2021 Link to heading
- Thale Cress (only Coll location)
- Porpoise (x5)
- Red-throated Diver (x4)
- Cuckoo (new arrivals)
- Hawfinch (major rarity!)
23/4/2021 Link to heading
- Twite (x5)
- Barnacle Goose (x120 north)
- Little Terns (x15 new for year)
21/4/2021 Link to heading
- Pink Purslane (new for Coll)
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Long-tailed Tit
- Black-headed Gull (x7)
- Eider (x20)
- Whimbrel (x8)
- Shoveler (x4)
- Wigeon (x2)
- Black-tailed Godwit (x14)
- Golden Plover (x40+60)
- Otter (x2)
- Great Northern Diver (x25)
- Willow Warblers (first of the year)
20/4/2021 Link to heading
- Green Hairstreak
- Common Seal (x75)
- Golden Plover (x40)
- Dunlin (x6)
- Sanderling (x16)
17/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (a pair)
- Golden Plover (x4)
- Sand Martin (at colony)
- Sea Spleenwort
- Shelduck (a pair)
16/4/2021 Link to heading
- Roseroot (new location)
15/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Golden Plover (x5)
- Arctic Skua (x1)
- White-tailed Eagle (x3)
14/4/2021 Link to heading
- Common Scurvy-grass
- Great Northern Diver (x8 calling)
- Black Guillemot (x11)
- Eider (x2 pairs)
- Red-breasted Merganser (x4 pairs)
- Shelduck (x2)
- Canada Goose (2 separate individuals)
- Peregrine (x2)
- Otter (2 separate individuals)
12/4/2021 Link to heading
- Hen Harrier (male)
- Eider (2 pairs)
- Barnacle Goose (x150)
- Pink-footed Goose (x70 north)
11/4/2021 Link to heading
- Water Rail
- Whooper Swan (x14)
- Wood Pigeon (x7 pairs)
9/4/2021 Link to heading
- Whooper Swan (x16)
- Arctic Skua
- Bonxie (x 3 in territory)
- Red-throated Diver (2 pairs in territory)
- Hen Harrier (pair)
7/4/2021 Link to heading
- Early Whitlowgrass (new location)
- White-tailed Eagle
- Hart’s-tongue Fern (new location)
- Hen Harrier (male)
5/4/2021 Link to heading
- Redwing (50+)
- Chiffchaff
- Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
- Merlin (cracking male!)
4/4/2021 Link to heading
- Eider
- Great Northern Diver (x3)
- Mute swan
3/4/2021 Link to heading
- Bonxie
- Twite
- Merlin
2/4/2021 Link to heading
- Shelduck
- Hen Harrier (ring-tail)
- Black Guillemot (x2)
- Rusty-back Fern (local rarity)
- Peacock butterfly (x4)
- White-tailed Eagle (x3)
- Merlin (female)
- Moss Carder Bee (queen)
- Bonxie (x2)
1/4/2021 Link to heading
- Minke Whale (our first of the year)
- Manx Shearwaters (north in numbers)
- Hart’s-tongue Fern (new location!)
- White-tailed Eagle (x2)
- Whooper Swan (x16+1)