September 2023 - Sightings

DateSpeciesNo.CategoryNotes
2023-09-12Pink-footed Goose (a skein of 70)70birdFirst of the autumn
2023-09-12Turnstone20birdon local beach
2023-09-12Sanderling20birdon local beach
2023-09-12Ringed Plover20birdon local beach
2023-09-12Golden Plover (a single bird piping over!)1birdUncommon
2023-09-13Gyr Falcon/Saker (hybrid)birdCaught in hotel beer garden with jesses around the village.Uncommon, hybrid sighting
2023-09-13Northern Deep-brown DartinsectObserved
2023-09-13Black RusticinsectObserved
2023-09-13Lunar UnderwinginsectObserved
2023-09-13Autumnal RusticinsectObserved
2023-09-13Angle ShadesinsectObserved
2023-09-14Merlin (female)birdthrough our cottage garden
2023-09-16Hen Harrier (ring-tail)bird
2023-09-16Lesser Redpoll5bird
2023-09-17Galerula tanaceti (a fat leaf beetle)insectNew for Coll!
2023-09-17Northern Deep-brown Dartbird
2023-09-17Small Wainscotbird
2023-09-17Lunar Underwingbird
2023-09-17Autumnal Rusticbird
2023-09-19Red-breasted Merganser (Merganseridae)6bird
2023-09-19Curlew (Numenius americanus)12bird
2023-09-21Snipebird
2023-09-21Dunnockbird
2023-09-21Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)birdFall of multiple individuals
2023-09-21Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)bird
2023-09-21Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)bird
2023-09-21Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)bird
2023-09-29Gannetbird
2023-09-29Curlewbird
2023-09-29Kittiwakebird
2023-09-29Linnet (x40)40bird
2023-09-29Twite (x70)70bird
2023-09-29Pedunculate Oak (a cluster of tiny plants growing on a rocky outcrop out of the range of the local sheep)plantCluster of tiny plants growing on a rocky outcrop out of the range of local sheep.Unusual plant distribution.
2023-09-29_Isolepis cernua_ (Slender Club-rush)invertebrateSlender Club-rush
2023-09-29_Isolepis setacea_ (Bristle Club-rush)invertebrateBristle Club-rush