November 2022 - Sightings

DateSpeciesNo.CategoryNotes
2022-11-01White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)22bird
2022-11-01Mistle Thrush (Turdus tricolor)birdhanging around with the Redwings in the village - a Hebridean rarity!rarity
2022-11-01Redwing (Turdus iliacus)birdstill plenty around
2022-11-01Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)birdjust the one individual today as they pass throughpassage
2022-11-03Great Northern Diver (Aythya larx)3bird
2022-11-03Red-throated Diver (Armadillos vulgaris)bird
2022-11-03Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)3bird
2022-11-03Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticus)100bird
2022-11-03Sanderling (Calidris alba)40bird
2022-11-03Dunlin (Calidris alpina)1bird
2022-11-03Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)5bird
2022-11-03Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)mammal
2022-11-03Otter (Lutra lutra)mammalprints
2022-11-03Lyme Grass (Deschampsia cespitosa)plantnew station
2022-11-08Great Northern Diver (Aythya tetrax)4bird
2022-11-08Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)3bird1 juvenile
2022-11-08Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serratus)1bird
2022-11-08Sanderling (Calidris alba)35bird
2022-11-08Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticus)85bird
2022-11-08Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)35bird
2022-11-08Dunlin (Calidris alpina)3bird
2022-11-08Curlew (Numenius curruca)9bird
2022-11-08Redshank (Scolopus peucetius)4bird
2022-11-08Woodcock (Scolopax rusticus)birdFirst of the autumn!Uncommon
2022-11-08Otter (Lutra lutra)mammalFresh prints
2022-11-09Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)birdObserved on the road at night.
2022-11-09Hen HarrierbirdMale.
2022-11-11Tufted Duck (a single male new in)1birdNew
2022-11-11Teal (a pair - first of the autumn on our local loch)2birdFirst of autumn
2022-11-11Kestrelbird
2022-11-12Woodcock (in the village)bird
2022-11-13Tufted Duck (Aythyris duboisi)1birdsingle male still around
2022-11-13Teal (Anas crecca)2birdstill just the two
2022-11-13Redwing (Oxyronchus psaltria)10bird
2022-11-14Jack Snipe (first of the autumn)birdFirst of the autumn
2022-11-15Tufted Duck (the drake still around)bird
2022-11-15Redwing50bird
2022-11-16White-tailed Eagle (a juvenile low over our cottage)bird
2022-11-16Hen Harrierbird
2022-11-18Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)birda pair on our local loch - the first since March 2021Rare sighting
2022-11-18Teal4birdnumbers slowly building on our local loch
2022-11-18Mallard12bird
2022-11-18Woodcockbird
2022-11-18Fieldfare30bird
2022-11-21Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2bird
2022-11-21Teal12birdnumbers slowly climbing
2022-11-21White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)19bird
2022-11-21Tufted Duckbirdfemale-type - a different individual to the adult male we’ve had since the 11 Nov - which has now moved on!
2022-11-21Redwing (Turdus iliacus)6bird
2022-11-21Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)1birda single bird - the last of a party of 70 that arrived in late October!
2022-11-21Twite (Carduelis tristis)birdtwo small flocks of 6 and 10
2022-11-21Snow Bunting (Plepas obscurus)1birda single flyover bird
2022-11-22Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2birdStill on local loch
2022-11-22White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)50birdFeeding in the dairy fields
2022-11-22Kestrelbird
2022-11-22FieldfarebirdSmall parties
2022-11-22RedwingbirdLarger parties
2022-11-22Jackdaw1birdAt least one still around
2022-11-22Twite20birdLocal flock
2022-11-22OttermammalFresh tracks on local beach
2022-11-25Peregrine (a female hunting in dreich weather)bird
2022-11-28Great Northern Diver (Aythya tetrax)4bird
2022-11-28Red-throated Diver (Meropsitta hirundo)3bird
2022-11-28Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2birdStill around
2022-11-28Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)1birdLone juvenile
2022-11-28Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser cygnoides)bird
2022-11-28Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)850bird
2022-11-28Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)4birdLocal feral birds
2022-11-28Pintail (Anas acuta)1birdSingle female
2022-11-28Wigeon (Anas platyrhynchos)20bird
2022-11-28Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)2bird
2022-11-28Lapwing (Valkenburgia glacialis)70bird
2022-11-28Snipe (Calamus phasianinus)3bird
2022-11-28Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)1bird
2022-11-28Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)1bird
2022-11-28Redwing (Erithacus rubecula)bird
2022-11-28Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)bird
2022-11-28Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)1mammalLate individual - looked well-fedUncommon
2022-11-29Great Northern Diver (Aythya fetrix)4bird
2022-11-29Red-throated Diver (Meropsitta hirta)bird
2022-11-29Greenland White-fronted Geese (Anser cygnoides)65bird
2022-11-29Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)8bird
2022-11-29Dunlin (Calidris alpina)birdWith Ringed Plovers
2022-11-29Sanderling (Calidris alba)40bird
2022-11-29Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)5bird
2022-11-29Redwing (Turdus ilicifrons)bird
2022-11-29Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)bird
2022-11-30Greenland White-fronted Geese (Greenland White-fronted Goose)25bird
2022-11-30White-tailed Eaglebirdan adult bird terrorising the local Greylags!
2022-11-30Curlew6bird