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April 2021 Sightings

Date	Species	No.	Category	Notes
2021-04-01	Minke Whale	1	mammal	our first of the year
2021-04-01	Manx Shearwater		bird	north in numbers
2021-04-01	Hart's-tongue Fern		plant	new location!
2021-04-01	White-tailed Eagle	2	bird
2021-04-01	Whooper Swan	17	bird
2021-04-02	Shelduck		bird
2021-04-02	Hen Harrier	1	bird	ring-tail
2021-04-02	Black Guillemot	2	bird
2021-04-02	Rusty-back Fern		plant		Rarity
2021-04-02	Peacock butterfly	4	invertebrate
2021-04-02	White-tailed Eagle	3	bird
2021-04-02	Merlin	1	bird	female
2021-04-02	Moss Carder Bee	1	invertebrate	queen
2021-04-02	Bonxie	2	bird
2021-04-03	Bonxie		bird
2021-04-03	Twite		bird
2021-04-03	Merlin		bird
2021-04-04	Eider		bird
2021-04-04	Great Northern Diver	3	bird
2021-04-04	Mute Swan		bird
2021-04-05	Redwing	50	bird
2021-04-05	Chiffchaff		bird
2021-04-05	Hen Harrier	1	bird	ring-tail
2021-04-05	Merlin	1	bird	cracking male!
2021-04-07	Early Whitlowgrass		plant	new location
2021-04-07	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2021-04-07	Hart's-tongue Fern		plant	new location
2021-04-07	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-09	Whooper Swan	16	bird
2021-04-09	Arctic Skua		bird
2021-04-09	Bonxie	3	bird	in territory
2021-04-09	Red-throated Diver	4	bird	2 pairs in territory
2021-04-09	Hen Harrier	2	bird	pair
2021-04-11	Water Rail		bird
2021-04-11	Whooper Swan	14	bird
2021-04-11	Wood Pigeon	14	bird	x7 pairs
2021-04-12	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-12	Eider	4	bird	2 pairs
2021-04-12	Barnacle Goose	150	bird
2021-04-12	Pink-footed Goose	70	bird	north
2021-04-14	Common Scurvy-grass		plant
2021-04-14	Great Northern Diver	8	bird	calling
2021-04-14	Black Guillemot	11	bird
2021-04-14	Eider	4	bird	x2 pairs
2021-04-14	Red-breasted Merganser	8	bird	x4 pairs
2021-04-14	Shelduck	2	bird
2021-04-14	Canada Goose	2	bird	2 separate individuals
2021-04-14	Peregrine	2	bird
2021-04-14	Otter	2	mammal	2 separate individuals
2021-04-15	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-15	Golden Plover	5	bird
2021-04-15	Arctic Skua	1	bird
2021-04-15	White-tailed Eagle	3	bird
2021-04-16	Roseroot		plant	new location
2021-04-17	Hen Harrier	2	bird	a pair
2021-04-17	Golden Plover	4	bird
2021-04-17	Sand Martin		bird	at colony
2021-04-17	Sea Spleenwort		plant
2021-04-17	Shelduck	2	bird	a pair
2021-04-20	Green Hairstreak		invertebrate
2021-04-20	Common Seal	75	mammal
2021-04-20	Golden Plover	40	bird
2021-04-20	Dunlin	6	bird
2021-04-20	Sanderling	16	bird
2021-04-21	Pink Purslane		plant	new for Coll
2021-04-21	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-21	Long-tailed Tit		bird
2021-04-21	Black-headed Gull	7	bird
2021-04-21	Eider	20	bird
2021-04-21	Whimbrel	8	bird
2021-04-21	Shoveler	4	bird
2021-04-21	Wigeon	2	bird
2021-04-21	Black-tailed Godwit	14	bird
2021-04-21	Golden Plover	100	bird	x40+60
2021-04-21	Otter	2	mammal
2021-04-21	Great Northern Diver	25	bird
2021-04-21	Willow Warbler		bird	first of the year
2021-04-23	Twite	5	bird
2021-04-23	Barnacle Goose	120	bird	north
2021-04-23	Little Tern	15	bird	new for year
2021-04-24	Thale Cress		plant	only Coll location
2021-04-24	Porpoise	5	mammal
2021-04-24	Red-throated Diver	4	bird
2021-04-24	Cuckoo		bird	new arrivals
2021-04-24	Hawfinch		bird		Rarity
2021-04-25	Common Heath moth		invertebrate	first of year
2021-04-25	Marsh Violet		plant
2021-04-26	Mute Swan	2	bird
2021-04-26	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-27	Pipewort		plant	rosettes developing
2021-04-27	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2021-04-27	Kestrel		bird
2021-04-27	Hen Harrier	1	bird	male
2021-04-27	Rue-leaved Saxifrage		plant

March 2021 Sightings

Date	Species	No.	Category	Notes
2021-03-02	Great Northern Diver	3	bird
2021-03-05	Sea Spleenwort		plant
2021-03-12	Bonxie		bird	an early one
2021-03-13	Mute Swan		bird
2021-03-13	White-fronted Goose		bird	plenty still about
2021-03-14	Hen Harrier		bird	ring-tail
2021-03-14	Otter		mammal
2021-03-15	Belted Beauty Moth		insect
2021-03-15	Long-tailed Tit		bird
2021-03-15	Mottled Grey Moth		insect	in trap
2021-03-16	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2021-03-16	Hen Harrier		bird	male
2021-03-17	Bilberry		plant		rare on Coll
2021-03-19	Whooper Swan		bird	big movement north
2021-03-20	Canada Goose	19	bird
2021-03-20	White-fronted Goose	70	bird
2021-03-20	Wood Pigeon	3	bird
2021-03-21	Red Chestnut Moth	3	insect	in trap
2021-03-23	Fulmar		bird	exploring nesting sites
2021-03-23	Hen Harrier		bird	ring-tail
2021-03-23	Peregrine	pair	bird	displaying
2021-03-23	Redwing	3	bird	Icelandic race
2021-03-24	Red-throated Diver		bird
2021-03-25	Golden Plover		bird
2021-03-25	Whooper Swan	2	bird
2021-03-26	Jack Snipe		bird
2021-03-27	Hen Harrier		bird	ring-tail
2021-03-27	Wheatear		bird	first of the year
2021-03-28	Barnacle Goose		bird	moving north
2021-03-30	Hen Harrier		bird	ring-tail
2021-03-30	Redwing	3	bird	Icelandic race
2021-03-30	Bonxie	2	bird
2021-03-31	White-fronted Goose	100	bird	heading north
2021-03-31	Wood Pigeon		bird
2021-03-31	Whooper Swan	16	bird	heading north
2021-03-31	Great Northern Diver	3	bird
2021-03-31	Golden Plover	70	bird	parties totalling 70
2021-03-31	Barnacle Goose	120	bird	heading north
2021-03-31	Wheatear		bird
2021-03-31	Redwing	60	bird
2021-03-31	Sand Martin	2	bird

October 2020 Sightings

Date	Species	No.	Category	Notes
2020-10-01	White-tailed Eagle	2	bird
2020-10-01	Bar-tailed Godwit	2	bird
2020-10-01	Common Dolphin	5	mammal
2020-10-01	Red-throated Diver	2	bird
2020-10-01	Sparrowhawk		bird	male
2020-10-01	Field Gentian		plant
2020-10-01	Swallow	2	bird
2020-10-01	Frog Orchid		plant
2020-10-02	Lesser Water-plantain		plant
2020-10-02	Barnacle Goose	3	bird
2020-10-02	Golden Eagle		bird
2020-10-02	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2020-10-03	Otter	2	mammal
2020-10-04	Golden Eagle		bird
2020-10-05	Yellow-browed Warbler		bird
2020-10-05	Hen Harrier		bird	male
2020-10-05	Ruby Tiger Moth		insect	caterpillar
2020-10-06	Redwing	9	bird	Icelandic race
2020-10-06	Otter	2	mammal
2020-10-07	Hen Harrier		bird	male
2020-10-08	Barnacle Goose	76	bird
2020-10-08	Pink-footed Goose	63	bird
2020-10-09	Whooper Swan	36	bird
2020-10-09	Barnacle Goose	32	bird
2020-10-10	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2020-10-10	Yellow-browed Warbler	2	bird
2020-10-10	Whooper Swan	5	bird
2020-10-11	Hen Harrier		bird	male
2020-10-13	Hen Harrier		bird	ring-tailed
2020-10-13	Merlin		bird
2020-10-13	Kestrel		bird
2020-10-14	Whooper Swan		bird
2020-10-14	Fieldfare	30	bird
2020-10-14	Common Dolphin	15	mammal
2020-10-16	Great Northern Diver	2	bird
2020-10-17	Redwing	6	bird	Icelandic race
2020-10-18	Mistle Thrush		bird

September 2020 Sightings

Date	Species	No.	Category	Notes
2020-09-01	Otter	2	mammal
2020-09-03	Sand Martin	10	bird
2020-09-03	Arctic Skua	2	bird
2020-09-06	Striped Twin-spot Carpet Moth		insect
2020-09-08	Field Gentian		plant
2020-09-08	Sea Aster		plant
2020-09-08	Greenshank	3	bird
2020-09-09	Irish Ladies-Tresses		plant
2020-09-14	Merlin		bird
2020-09-15	Cut-leaved Dead-nettle		plant
2020-09-15	Canada Goose	2	bird
2020-09-16	Greenshank	14	bird
2020-09-16	White-line Dart Moth		insect
2020-09-17	Black-headed Gull		bird
2020-09-18	Short-eared Owl		bird
2020-09-18	Frog Orchid	5	plant
2020-09-18	Peregrine	2	bird
2020-09-18	Brindled Ochre Moth	2	insect
2020-09-18	Black Guillemot		bird
2020-09-18	Greenshank		bird
2020-09-18	Red-throated Diver		bird
2020-09-18	Wigeon	2	bird
2020-09-19	Great Northern Diver		bird
2020-09-19	Common Frog		amphibian
2020-09-19	Kestrel		bird
2020-09-23	Drinker Moth		insect	caterpillar
2020-09-23	Merlin		bird
2020-09-23	Pink-footed Goose	1	bird
2020-09-23	Whooper Swan		bird
2020-09-29	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2020-09-30	Great Northern Diver		bird
2020-09-30	Pale-bellied Brent Goose	5	bird
2020-09-30	Wheatear	3	bird	Greenland race
2020-09-30	Yellow-browed Warbler		bird
2020-09-30	White-tailed Eagle		bird
2020-09-30	Sparrowhawk	5	bird
2020-09-30	Pink-footed Goose	2	bird

August 2020 Sightings

Date	Species	No.	Category	Notes
2020-08-15	Basking Shark	4	shark
2020-08-16	Frog Orchid		plant
2020-08-18	Knot Grass Moth		insect	Caterpillar
2020-08-19	Pipewort	in abundance	plant
2020-08-19	Dark Green Fritillary		insect
2020-08-19	Basking Shark	2	shark
2020-08-19	Common Dolphin	6	mammal
2020-08-22	Red-throated Diver	pair	bird
2020-08-22	Corncrake		bird
2020-08-22	Sparrow hawk		bird	female
2020-08-22	Hen Harrier		bird	ring tailed
2020-08-23	Merlin		bird
2020-08-23	Knot		bird	juvenile
2020-08-23	Pomarine skua		bird	dark phase
2020-08-25	Aceria geranii		insect	the Eriophyid gall mite
2020-08-25	Peregrine		bird	with ravens
2020-08-26	Green Sandpiper		bird
2020-08-26	Whooper Swan		bird
2020-08-28	Whimbrel		bird
2020-08-29	Great Skua		bird
2020-08-31	Great Skua	10	bird
2020-08-31	Merlin		bird
2020-08-31	Whimbrel		bird
2020-08-31	Knot		bird