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| The beach at Ord, Sleat, Isle of Skye |
The first list here refers to the first leg of our journey to Skye (our most northerly destination), and includes sightings from Glasgow to the north of Trotternish ... I will only 'count' each species once.
Species of Bird
Mainland Scotland
31 August 2012
1] Mallard - Loch Lomond
2] Cormorant - Arrochar
3] Carrion Crow - Rest-and-be-Thankful
4] House Sparrow - Inveraray
5] Pigeon (very black) - ditto
6] Goldfinches - Glen Orchy
7] Swifts - ditto
8] Pied Wagtail - Glencoe
9] Hooded Crow (2) - Glencoe and Onich
10] Chaffinch - Onich
11] Unidentified Owl - Glenfinnan
1 September 2012
12] Sparrowhawk - Ardnamurchen
**] Goldfinch - ditto
13] Oystercatcher - ditto
**] Cormorant - ditto
14] Eiders (6) - ditto
15] Grey Heron - ditto
16] Greater Black-backed Gull - ditto
17] (?Sky)larks (3) - ditto
18] Gannet - near Mallaig
19] White-tailed Eagle - ditto
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| Nature's paintbrush at work! |
Species of Bird
Isle of Skye and Environs
1 September 2012
**] Pied Wagtail - Broadford
20] Herring Gull - ditto
2 September 2012
21] Golden Eagle - Cuillin area
**] Eiders - Dunvegan area
3 September 2012
22] Buzzard - Cuillin area
23] ?Dabchick - Trotternish
**] Hooded Crows (6) - ditto
**] Gannets (4) - viewed from Staffin area
**] Pied Wagtails (6) - ditto
4 September 2012
24] Starlings - Broadford area
**] Pigeons - ditto
25] Goosander?? - photo to follow - Loch Carron area (just off Skye, but trip from Skye)
26] Rock Pipit - Loch Duich area (just off Skye, but trip from Skye)
**] Pied Wagtail in first winter plumage - Loch Duich area (just off Skye, but trip from Skye)
27] Robin - ditto
28] Goldfinches (6) - ditto
**] Rock Pipit - Armadale
5 September 2012
**] Carrion Crows (2) - Portree
**] Hooded Crows (3) - ditto
**] Pied Wagtails (2) - Broadford area
29] Wheatears (4) - Waternish area
**] Carrion Crow - ditto
30] Ringed Plovers (31) - Cuillin area
**] Oystercatchers (2) - ditto
6 September 2012
**] Swifts (5) - Staffin
**] Cormorant - ditto
**] Buzzard - Bernisdale
**] Grey Heron - Edinbane
**] Pied Wagtail - Neist Point
**] Gannets (5) - ditto
**] Cormorant - ditto
31] Fulmars (2) - ditto
32] Greylag Geese (small flock) - Glendale area
7 September 2012
**] Ring Plover (3) - Sleat area
**] Herring Gull - Broadford area
8 September 2012
**] Grey Heron - Broadford area
Total of 32 (largely identified) species of bird for this leg of the journey (Glasgow to Trotternish)
Other Vertebrates
Mainland Scotland
31 August 2012
1] Common Toad (query due to dark night!) - Glenfinnan
2] Bats (5) - (species not identified) - ditto
1 September 2012
3] Common Seals (small colony) - Ardnamurchen, not far from Corran Ferry
4] Red deer doe - Bay of the Flies area, Ardnamurchen
Other Vertebrates
Isle of Skye and Environs
1 September 2012
5] Rabbits (3) - Broadford and Elgol areas
2 September 2012
6] Common Seals (colony) - Dunvegan
7] Grey Seal (1) - ditto
4 September 2012
**] Rabbits (2) - Broadford area
6 September 2012
**] Rabbit - Glendale
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Invertebrates
Mainland Scotland
31 August 2012
1] Midge - Loch Lomond
2] Black Beetle (still to be identified) - Glencoe
1 September 2012
3] Buff-tailed Bumblebee - Ardnamurchen
4] Hoverfly - ditto
Invertebrates
Isle of Skye and Environs
2 September 2012
5] Dragonfly, unidentified (flew off too fast!) - Dunvegan area
3 September 2012
**] Dragonfly, unidentified (flew off too fast!) - Staffin
6] Cranefly - Broadford area
5 September 2012
7] Caterpillar - Trumpan area
**] Dragonfly, unidentified (flew off too fast!) - ditto
6 September 2012
8] Lion's Mane Jellyfish - Bracadale
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Flora etc.
Mainland Scotland, Isle of Skye and Environs
1] Ragwort - Loch Lomond area (widespread)
2] Rose Bay Willowherb - ditto (widespread)
3] Bell Heather - ditto (widespread)
4] Ling - ditto
5] Montbretia - ditto (widespread)
6] Meadowsweet - Tarbet
7] Buttercup - ditto
8] Conolvulus - Arrochar
9] Sorrel
10] Thistle - Rest-and-be-Thankful
11] Feverfew - ditto
12] Lesser Scabious - ditto
Also: large brown unidentified toadstool at Inveraray and ?sphagnum moss. Ist lichen on trees spotted at Cladich on way to Kilchurn.
13] Figwort - Dunvegan, Skye
14] Foxglove - ditto
15] Yellow/Ladies' Bedstraw - ditto
16] Clover - St Columba's Island, Skye
17] Yarrow - ditto
18] Groundsel - ditto
19] Tormentil - Waternish
20] English Stonecrop, Sedum anglicum - Sleat, Skye
21] Water mint - ditto
These observations are obviously of more interest to me than to others, but I hope you may find something in this post that catches your eye! I shall be logging my wildlife sightings for Mull and Iona soon ...
