November 2023 - Sightings

DateSpeciesNo.CategoryNotes
2023-11-09Redwing (Hirundo rustica)100birdon the roadside fencelines at Cliad
2023-11-10Sparrowhawk (juv female)bird
2023-11-10Redwing12bird
2023-11-11Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)2birdin off the sea
2023-11-11Wigeon (Anas platyrhynchos)2birdon our local loch
2023-11-11Red-throated Diver (Razorbilla tenebrica)bird
2023-11-11Teal (Anas crecca)10birdnumbers slowly building
2023-11-11Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1birdmale
2023-11-11Redshank (Scolopus harenaceus)bird
2023-11-11Sanderling (Calidris alba)12bird
2023-11-11Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticus)25bird
2023-11-11Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)bird
2023-11-11Curlew (Numenius curruca)20bird
2023-11-11Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)100birdclose in to shore
2023-11-11Twite (Anthus godlewski)2bird
2023-11-11Otter (Lutra lutra)mammalsigns of an adult and 2 pups on local beach and hunkering down in the dunesUncommon
2023-11-12Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)1birdObserved at dusk in a new location by young plantation.
2023-11-15Canada Goose2birdwith local Greylags - an unusually late record, they are more of a summer visitor to the islands
2023-11-15Great Northern Diver2bird
2023-11-15Ringed Plover100bird
2023-11-15Sanderling45bird
2023-11-15Turnstone33bird
2023-11-15Dunlin1bird
2023-11-15Oystercatcher10bird
2023-11-15Curlewbird
2023-11-15Meadow Pipitbirdseemingly everywhere today - a late pulse of passage birds?
2023-11-15Scandinavian Rock Pipit1birda distinctive individual on the local beach
2023-11-15Greater Tussock Sedge _Carex paniculata_plantmy first record from Coll. Really pleased to have tracked it down at last - surprisingly difficult to locate among the _Molinia_ tussocks!First of year
2023-11-19Greenland White-fronted Goose39bird
2023-11-19Barnacle Goose650bird
2023-11-19Kestrel1bird
2023-11-19Merlin1birdmale
2023-11-19Golden Plover3birda very late record for what is usually a passage species here
2023-11-19Ringed Plover50bird
2023-11-19Snipe1birdwith Lapwings
2023-11-19Curlew3bird
2023-11-19Fieldfare6birdour first of the autumn, having been away in late October when they usually pass through
2023-11-19Blue Tit2birdwith Long-tailed Tits in roadside scrub - a very rare wanderer to the isles!
2023-11-19Long-tailed Tit3birdwith the Blue Tits in roadside scrub
2023-11-19Parrot Waxcapfungia gorgeous rare mushroom - only the third record from Coll
2023-11-19Meadow Waxcapfungi
2023-11-21Greenland White-fronted Goose (Cygnus cyaneus)13bird
2023-11-21Curlew15bird
2023-11-21Dunnockbird
2023-11-21Redwing9bird
2023-11-22Tufted Duck (our regular returning male)birdRegular returning male on local loch.
2023-11-23Woodcock (Scolopax rusticus)birdOur first of the autumnFirst of year
2023-11-27Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)birdA single bird wandering from loch to loch across the island over the last few days
2023-11-27Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser cygnoides)32bird
2023-11-27Teal (Anas platyrhynchos)16birdOur returning Tuftie appears not to have stuck around
2023-11-27Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)bird
2023-11-27Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)bird
2023-11-29Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)birdAppears to have settled on our loch for the duration
2023-11-29Long-tailed Tit (Parus atricapillus)2birdx2 in the village
2023-11-30Greenland White-fronted Goose (Greenland White-fronted Goose)29bird
2023-11-30White-tailed Eaglebirdreported - the first for a whileFirst sighting in a while