October 2022 - Sightings

DateSpeciesNo.CategoryNotes
2022-10-03Basking Shark (Rhincodon typus)fishFirst of the season on Coll
2022-10-08Barnacle Goose (Brant Goose)21birdsmall parties arriving throughout the day
2022-10-08Long-tailed Tit2birdnoisy birds together - first of the yearFirst of year
2022-10-08Dunnock2bird
2022-10-08Goldcrest8bird
2022-10-08Reed Bunting16birda flock of 16 squabbling birds
2022-10-08Swallow8bird
2022-10-11Hen Harrier (ring-tail)bird
2022-10-16Great Northern Diverbird
2022-10-16White-fronted Geese (26 - our first of the autumn)26birdFirst of the autumn
2022-10-16Curlew4bird
2022-10-16Sparrowhawk (female)bird
2022-10-16Merlin (juv)birdJuvenile
2022-10-16Swallowbird
2022-10-18Great Northern Diver3bird
2022-10-18Whooper Swan1birdin search of its mates!
2022-10-18Barnacle Goose950birdin fields below Breachacha
2022-10-18Red-breasted Merganser5bird
2022-10-18Wigeon13bird
2022-10-18White-tailed Eagle2bird1 adult and 1 juv
2022-10-18Hen Harrier1birdring-tail
2022-10-18Buzzard4bird
2022-10-18Song Thrushbirdsignificant movement evident
2022-10-18Grey Seal2mammal
2022-10-18Common Seal17mammal
2022-10-18Common Field SpeedwellplantVeronica persica at a new station, very few Coll records
2022-10-19Redwing (Hirundo rustica)6birdFirst arrivals of the autumnUncommon
2022-10-20Great Northern Diver (Aythya tetrax)4bird
2022-10-20Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)6bird
2022-10-20Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)birda male and a ring-tail
2022-10-20Sanderling (Calidris alba)36bird
2022-10-20Dunlin (Calidris alpina)2bird
2022-10-20Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)7bird
2022-10-20Redshank (Scolopus peucetius)1bird
2022-10-20Curlew (Numenius curruca)2bird
2022-10-20Redwing (Turdus iliacus)birdseveral flocks - largest 80
2022-10-20Rook (Corvus frugilegus)birda stonking island record!Uncommon
2022-10-20Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)mammalpup on beach - 3 adults in the sea close by
2022-10-20Upright Hedge Parsley (Ligularia verticillata)plantthe first modern record for the island!First of year
2022-10-21Whooper Swanbird
2022-10-21Merlinbird
2022-10-21Sparrowhawkbird
2022-10-21Redwing (huge flocks all over the island - largest single count x350)350bird
2022-10-21Fieldfare65bird
2022-10-21Mistle Thrush (x3 with Redwings - an island rarity)3birdIsland rarity with RedwingsIsland Rarity
2022-10-21Snow Bunting (a flock of 16 feeding avidly on Bell Heather seeds)16birdFeeding on Bell Heather seedsUncommon
2022-10-22Merlin (Falco columbarius)bird
2022-10-22Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)bird
2022-10-29Great Northern Diver (Aythya tetrax)3bird
2022-10-29Sooty Shearwater (Arrembula cinereus)1birdFrom Oban-Coll ferry
2022-10-30White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)9bird
2022-10-30Merlinbird
2022-10-30Redwingbird
2022-10-30Fieldfarebird