Skye Trip: 10-17 Feb 2018

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18 Feb 2018 18:23 #423 by Jack Dawson
Just back from a birding trip to Skye and the Highlands. 69 species recorded, list below:
Barnacle Goose
Black Guillemot
Black-headed Gull
Black-throated Diver
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Cormorant
Crested Tit -Loch Garten
Curlew
Dipper
Dunnock
Eider
Glaucous Gull - 1st winter found in garden and another 1st winter found whilst out birding.
Goldcrest
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Northern Diver - Including a count of 6 on Loch Harport
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Greenfinch
Grey Heron
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Herring Gull- Including adult argentatus individual from garden
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Kestrel
Kittiwake
Little Grebe
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Merlin
Oystercatcher
Raven
Red-breasted Merganser - Daily from the garden.
Redshank
Reed Bunting
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Dove
Rock Pipit
Rook
Shag
Shelduck
Siskin
Skylark
Song Thrush
Starling
Stonechat
Teal
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
White-tailed Eagle - Seen on 7 occasions.
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Woodpigeon
Wren

Yearlist now on 101 species.
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