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monthly reports for June
               Latest sightings for June 2021 29th: Craignure - Black-headed Gull, White Wagtail.27th: Craignure - Red-breasted Merganser24th: Craignure - 2 Goosander.Nancy Somerville 28th Female Hen Harrier quartering from minor road out to Grasspoint south of Loch Don (not great photo attached).At Grasspoint itself Raven, Lesser Redpoll, Willow Warbler and lots of Stonechats.Michael Cook  24th A Water
Rail was in our garden pond this afternoon . I
have never seen one on Mull before . Took some
pics . Not great quality through triple
glazing . Lots of Jay around Loch Ba
today. Richard Atkinson
24th A group of 5 adult greenfinch and a pair of bullfinch’s seen at the lighthouse at Rubha nan Gall, Tobermory.Dr & Mrs Stuart J. Andrews 23rd A pair of Little Grebe have reared a single chick on the lochan at Suidhe Farm, Bunessan. .The moorhen is still with us but hasn't attracted a partner this year unfortunately. Tony Jefree 18th Osprey spotted over Loch Carnain visitor Laura Gascoigne  7th June, walking from the small car park at Grass Point towards the quay, I heard a Garden Warbler singing from the copse on the right-hand side of the road. Despite waiting several minutes, I didn't see it as the singing continued. I am very familiar with the Garden Warbler song as we have a healthy population in Beds, Bucks & Herts. Greenfinch seen (and heard) several times daily around our cottage, usually the male in song flight. Bullfinch - male seen 6th June along the Dervaig to Cuin road, with a female gathering food in the 'garden' of our cottage 10th June.Linnet - heard calling over the cottage 10th June. Not seen.Black Guillemot - 5 seen from Grass Point 7th June, 1 at Calgary Bay on both 9th & 10th June.Nigel Webber 20th On my tour today, we
had 3 Tufted Ducks on Loch Pottie, and a Carrion
Crow at Fionnphort with Rooks. Pete Hall
19th Had a male Reed Bunting
at Caliach Point in the fragmites, a beautiful
male Yellowhammer above Loch Tuath, a female
Blackcap and a Spotted Flycatcher at Aros
Bridge.Pete Mull Wildlife Tours
18th: Scallastle forest path - 2
Buzzards (1 displaying), Spotted Flycatcher,
family of 6 Coal Tits.17th: Java - 4 Canada geese with 8 goslings, Meadow Pipit, Siskin. 16th: Java - 3 Red-breasted Merganser (2m, 1f), Ring-tail Harrier, Curlew, Siskin (male). 15th: Java - Siskin (male). Scallastle forest path - 3 Whitethroat. Nancy Somerville 18th Holidaying in beautiful Mull and saw 3 oystercatchers in Dervaig today- .Caroline O’ Hara 18th 1 Great Northern Diver in Loch na Keal .Richard Lamb 16th June: Two female eiders with six chicks. Scallastle Bay. Gary Wiltshire 15th Loch Ba. a Red throated diver here today. visitor Richard Lamb. 14th: Craignure - Pair of Canada Geese with gosling, Oystercatcher with chick, Common Sandpiper with chick, Tern fishing in the bay, (juvenile) Pied Wagtail, Siskin (male) in my garden.Nancy Somerville 13th: Craignure - Spotted Flycatcher. 12th: Craignure - Juvenile Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser (male), Black Guillemot. 14th: Craignure - Pair of Canada Geese with gosling, Oystercatcher with chick, Common Sandpiper with chick, Tern fishing in the bay, (juvenile) Pied Wagtail, Siskin (male) in my garden. 13th: Craignure - Spotted Flycatcher. 12th: Craignure - Juvenile Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser (male), Black Guillemot. 11th: Craignure - Pair of Canada geese with 7 goslings, Juvenile Robin, Spotted Flycatcher. 10th: Scallastle Bay - Pair of Greylag Geese with 4 goslings, Snipe, approx 90 'Comic' Terns, 11 Starlings.Nancy Somerville  Rose coloured starling. photographed by Steve Hiscock
14th-15th-16th Lochdon. A Rosey Starling
visited a Lochdon garden today. John and
Angela Preston
 12th-13th Iona Rose-coloured Starling on Iona – Jim & Lynda Coyle and Stephen Bowie (visitors).  11th Grasspoint road Just had the male Hen Harrier again, plus an Osprey. Andrew Oldacre 11th Grasspoint road We saw a male Hen Harrier this afternoon, and watched it for several minutes.Later we saw a Short-eared Owl, and then an interaction between the SEO and a female Hen Harrier!Not too shady for a brief walk …Andrew Oldacre 9th Male Merlin flew past our holiday cottage situated above the Dervaig to Salen Road in appalling weather this morning. 2 Red-throated Divers, 2 Black Guillemots, Calgary Bay this evening.I purchased your Mull Bird Report in Tobermory yesterday. Very good read. If you need further details on the Moorhen (seen) and Garden Warbler (heard) earlier this week, then happy to do so. Nigel Webber 9th We had a sighting of a male pied flycatcher in Dervaig on 7th. we are staying in Burn Cottage just outside Dervaig on the road to Calgary. OS ref NM421516. Will send you record shot but it will not be for another week until we get home. visitors Angela and Adrian Chambers 8th out with Turus Mara today, two Great Skuas on Lunga which may be nesting. Pete Hall 9th Moorhen still in residence on the lochan, also two Little Grebes, occasionally 3. Suidhe Farm, Bunessan.Tony Jefree 7th
Hen Harrier (male) along minor road between
Dervaig and Achleck, 2 Golden Eagle - Loch na
Keal (north side), Great Northern Diver and
White-tailed Eagle - Loch na Keal (south side) 2
Golden Eagle,, 3 Peregrine - Gribun Cliffs nr
BalmeanachGolden Eagle and male Hen Harrier -
Glen More from main parking area White-tailed
Eagle, Redstart, 2 Gannet, Tree Pipit, Garden
Warbler - Grass Point Nigel Webber
6th A Black-throated Diver in
breeding plumage on Loch na Keal. Osprey low over
our house in Dervaig (thanks to Moira for the
shout out!) Ewan Miles 6th June full adult WTSE Viewed from Croggan 7th Great Northern Diver summer Lochbuie 8th heard 4 Corncrake on Iona 10th 2 short eared owl on A849 just E of Loch Beg. 1 WTSE flew high over Golden Eagle nest on A849. 11th Ringtail on hills above Lochbuie viewed from Lagan Beach visitor Richard Lamb 6th Have just returned from a week on Mull. 21/5 Great Northern Diver 1 1S Uisken 17/5-22/5 Cuckoo 14 at various locations.25/5 Long-eared Owl. 1 hunting nr. Pennygown, 2020hrs, . Short-eared Owl - 3 regularly nr. Pennygown, Hen Harrier 4 regularly inc. 2 ad. m above Pennygown, Golden Eagle 2 imms. regularly above Pennygown , 21/5 a Whinchat and Twite 1 east of Uisken visitor Neil Osborne 6th Male Teal - Loch na Cuilce, Dervaig Wood Warbler - singing just north of Cuin, Dervaig.. Could not see though.2 Ospreys over estuary at Dervaig 8 Goosander roosting on rocks opposite Cuin, Dervaig. Dipper, Dervaig. From Bridge. Nigel Webber 6th Grasspoint road. Nice singing Sedge Warbler at the farm this morning. Andrew Oldacre 5th Duart castle Bay a Red throated diver, 3 gannets Janet and Peter Roberts 5th White-tailed Eagle high over valley a mile east of Dervaig. Immature. Up to 3 Cuckoos over reedbed in the sun this morning. Spotted Flycatcher perched on the sign for the Am Birlinn restaurant. Rock Dove (very smart) along path between Croig and Port na Ba. Nigel Webber 4th Moorhen in Loch na Cuilce. Your website says these are very scarce. Water Rail also calling from reedbed, but not seen.  Great northern diver photograph by Martin Kaye 4th June Loch an Keal Great Northern Diver, Tobermory 2 Swifts Martin Kaye and Carole Nelson 3rd June Ardachoil Farm (Loch Don) 3 Male and 3 Female Hen Harriers and Short-eared Owl 3rd June: Arctic terns are nesting on the beach at Scallastle Bay very close to golf course. Please be careful walking with dogs. (on leads please) Gary Wiltshire 3rd: Java - 2 Common Sandpiper chicks. Scallastle Bay - pair Mallard with ducklings. 1st June: Craignure-Torosay coastline - Sparrowhawk carrying prey, Black Guillemot, Mistle Thrush, 2 Whitethroat. 31st May: Scallastle forest path - Dipper flying along river.Nancy Somerville 2nd An adult Rose Coloured Starling was reported at Pennyghael, check out Starling flocks. pp Jim Dickson 2nd Dervaig/Quinish I had an osprey flying up and down the estuary at Dervaig.Tim Rowlands 1st Mike and I were out watching today and briefly saw a Sandwich Tern on the shore by Craignure golf course. Sadly we only saw it for a few minutes before it flew off. Carol Wagemakers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Latest sightings for June 2020  28th: Java : Greenshank. Garmony - pair Oystercatchers with 3 chicks, Curlew.27th: Java - Pair Red-breasted Mergansers, Greenshank.25th: Craignure /Java - Black Guillemot, Common Sandpiper chick. Also, Shags (3) and Cormorants (2) have reappeared at Java Point.Nancy Somerville  27th Loch Na Keal south shore just as you get to the Loch from Knock House single Whooper Swan. Peregrine at Gribun usual place Short Eared Owl and female Hen Harrier directly opposite the house being re-roofed at Loch Spelve, Stonechat here as well. Pam & Arthur Brown. 26th Lochdon. 2 short eared owls today just past the 2nd forestry pull off past Grasspoint road this PM and over the fields to the right this morning.Jacqui and Mike Murphy 26th Salen. 2 Common Swifts around 12:30 checking out the Salen Hotel and field opposite. Jan and Peter Leather. 25th Cailaich A single Manx Shearwater, a single Gannet, Guillemots, 2 Razorbills, and a Puffin flew past the point.In the sea from Lainne Sguere several Razorbills, Shags and Kittiwakes. Pam & Arthur Brown  21st Jay in garden at
Ardrioch.
Cailaich
Fulmar, Rock
Pipits feeding
young, 3
Gannets, 2
Snipe one on a
fence post
looking after
young, Pied
Wagtails and
Skylarks.
Guillemots and
possible
Puffin flew
past the
point.
Lainne Sguere A pair of Shelduck with 6 well grown ducklings. Pam & Arthur Brown 19th: Java - 2 Red-breasted
Merganser, 2
Chiffchaff
calling.
18th: Java - 2 Common Sandpiper chicks, 2 Chiffchaff calling. Garmony - pair Greylag Geese with 4 goslings, 7 Mallard, Curlew. Nancy Somerville 19th Lochdon. four Moths from my garden trap this morning, . Alan 18th
A great fleeting surprise in our Tobermory
garden this afternoon. A Hawfinch on the feeders.
Only glimpsed for a second. Sadly has not been
back. Mike Wagemakers and Carol Marshall
17th: Java - Yellowhammer (last one I saw here was two years ago). Fishnish - pair Canada geese with 6 goslings, 2 Eider drakes, pair Bullfinches 16th: Java - pair Mallard, 2 Goosander, Woodpecker drumming, Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaffs (calling in different areas). 15th: Garmony - pair Shelduck with 2 chicks, 3 Eider (1drake, 2 ducks), Curlew, Cuckoo calling, pair Reed Buntings. 14th: Java - Chiffchaff. 13th: Scallastle Bay - 8 Mallard (7 drakes, 1 duck), 2 Ringed Plover, 6 Turnstone, at least 50 Terns, Cuckoo calling, juvenile Pied Wagtail, Greenfinch. Nancy Somerville. 17th In the woods along Loch Ba on my 5th attempt spotted female Redstart and spotted Fly Catcher, both taking food away I guess to feed young. Nigel Shannon 16th Not a species I expected to see flying under the bridge in Lochdon! Approx. 10.30 this morning. A Black Guillemot flew from the upper pools, under the bridge, and towards the main loch; then probably out to sea. Perhaps it got lost on the fog this morning - I heard the ferry sounding its fog horn earlier. Andrew Oldacre14th We saw this osprey at Loch
Tor today at around 3PM. Thought
you might like to check it out. Julia
and Paul Brown
  10th: Craignure/Java - Chiffchaff, single Tern feeding in the bay. Scallastle forest path - Cuckoo calling, Woodpecker drumming. 8th: Java - juvenile Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff, juvenile Greenfinch, male Lesser Redpoll. Gannets diving on Sound of Mull at Craignure Bay. Scallastle forest path: Cuckoo calling, Whitethroat. 7th June WeBS survey for Craignure Bay: 4 Goosander, 19 Oystercatcher, 6 Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Gull, 8 Herring Gull. Also, 6 Gannets and 2 Terns diving on Sound of Mull off Craignure-Torosay coastline, Whitethroat near campsite. Java (midnight) female tawny owl seen, male and female calling.Nancy Somerville 9th an osprey circling high and heading north at Fishnish, followed by an even higher up bonxie also soaring. Dave Sexton 9th Lochdon a male Hen Harrier hunting along the loch shore right in the front of my house. Carole Percy  6th: Java - Oystercatchers mating, Common Sandpiper chick (dead, predated).Nancy Somerville 5th: Java coast: male Red-breasted Merganser. Scallastle forest path: male Hen Harrier flying across the slopes of Dun da Ghaoithe, Cuckoo calling, Whitethroat. 4th: Java - Mallard drake, Chiffchaff calling, female Redpoll 3rd: House Sparrows mating in my garden 2nd: Craignure/Java: male Red-Breasted Merganser, 2 Black Guillemots. male Tawny Owl calling at night.  Rock Dove 3rd May 2020 AS  .male Stonechat 2nd June 2020 AS   female stonechat AS common sandpiper AS 1st Dervaig. We had a Nuthatch on our feeder yesterday afternoon. It came twice. Sheelagh Still, Glen Bellart House,  This amazing
encounter between a cuckoo and meadow pipit
was taken by Ewan Miles. May 2020
2nd Its good
to be able to report Barn Owl success, boxes
across the island now have good numbers of
young. AS
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26th-27th 3 Curlew along Torosay - Craignure coast, also male Redpoll, Greenfinch and Bullfinch family in my Java garden. Tawny Owl seen and heard on 28th. Nancy Somerville. 28th a Swift at Treshnish, Prasad. (we have had very few reports of Swift ths year so far) 27th Summer plumage Great Northern Diver on sea North of Iona, seen from Staffa boat, and one 'bridled' guillemot Iona; one corncrake calling briefly approx 3 pm, meadow next to Iona Pods.visitor Mark Brandon 27th Moorhen on Loch Assapol visitor Mark Brandon 23rd - 27th June: Iona. Mega Rare Great Spotted Cuckoo still showing well today, feeding on caterpillars.  
Great
Spotted Cuckoo - Iona photographs by Jim Dickson
and Bryan Raines
 25th
Spotted Flycatcher on roadside fence near
Killiemore House. Scoor ; Cuckoo, 2 Common
Swift near Abbey pair of whinchat, female siskin
feeding juvenile, 2 sedge warbler, little
grebe. Another Little grebe feeding
young. Mark Brandon
24th Croggan. 7 manx shearwater, displaying snipe. Loch Buie Pair of red-throated diver close to shore. Male hen harrier seen hunting on several dates over grassland around NM540 294. a ringtail hen harrier fly over Loch Spelve when we were walking along the track at Croggon 23th Greenshank on the bay outside our cottage (The Dorran) NM490 285 + crossbill on fly overs. Mark Brandon 25th a
Common Swift flying over Lunga today.
Twite and Corncrake also present on the island
David & Janet Franklin
23rd June: Iona. Mega Rare Great Spotted Cuckoo On my visit to Iona today (coming up from the NW beach and walking towards the Iona hostel) I photographed a bird which flew passed. It was only a 6 second fly by. Looking at the photo (I managed to get 4 sharp ones), it is an imature Great Spotted Cuckoo. visitor Rudolf Hummel This is the first record for Mull of Greater Spotted Cuckoo and only the second for Scotland, previous record was in 1959  his first record for Mull of a
Great Spotted Cuckoo, only the second
for Scotland, previous in 1959.
22nd:Java garden
- male bullfinch, male redpoll. Scallastle forest
path - whitethroat. Peregrine over Craignure.
Nancy Somerville
21st: My Java garden - male bullfinch, male redpoll, greenfinch. Lochbuie - approx 8 wheatear (adults and juveniles), 4 ravens, approx 30 starlings(adults and juveniles), cuckoo calling, great northern diver, eider duck with 2 ducklings, lots of greylag geese with goslings. Black guillemot on sea off Croggan. Curlew on moorland near Kinlochspelve, lapwing on shore.   Curlew busy feeding by Loch na Keal 20th June 2019 - Alan Spellman 19th: Java
garden - male and female redpoll, pair
bullfinches, greenfinch. Scallastle Bay - female
& eclipse male eider, eclipse male
red-breasted merganser, 30 common and artctic
terns, three gannets diving in the bay,
Fishnish - crossbill, curlew, five herons.Nancy
Somerville
20th 1 Quail heard at Haunn, Treshnish today (NM342479) and only now do i find out my girlfriend heard it in the same spot (she imitated the call and it was obviously a quail) on 17th at about 9am and the farmer heard it at the same spot on the 18th but didn't realise it was a quail.prasad 18th Ross of Mull. a Swift was recorded near Loch Asapol today. the first record of the year. David Holden Greater Scaup Aythya marila A scarce winter visitor and passage migrant. 2009: September
33 birds on Loch Scridain - Bryan Rains. 2011:
October five birds were in Ardtun Bay. 2013:
October a female at the Knockfishfarm. - Dave
Sexton. 2014: February a drake with Tufted Ducks
on Loch Pottie. 2019 18th June Fishnish a drake
briefly on a garden pond. Carl Gray
 
18th
Greater Scaup at Fishnish, a drake b. Carl
Gray
18th Loch Cuin. SandwichTern,
loch Cuin . Moira Ovens
18th Loch Cuin.
One lonely SandwichTern on a rock in front of
our home Taken through scope through glass,
Moira Owers
14th: After seeing a sole very
shy male bullfinch in my Java back garden
for the past ten days or so, this evening I had a
pair in my back garden and another pair in
my front garden (at the same time!) Also, in the
front garden today, a female redpoll and a
juvenile greenfinch. 12th: Garmony -
immature eider drake. Nancy Somerville17th: In my Java garden - male bullfinch, male lesser redpoll, greenfinch, plus lots of fledgling sparrows, siskins and goldfinches. Garmony: two pairs common sandpipers, eider duck with two ducklings, immature eider drake. 6th: Craignure/Java - great northern diver, pair common sandpipers, oystercatchers mating. My Java garden - male bullfinch. 13th Linnet: Lochbuie - an obviously established population in shrubbery between Lochbuie House and beach 7th, one individual bird on track from Lochdon to Gorten 6th. visitor Simon Waters 12th Reed Bunting - one conspicuous in the sporadic hazel shrubbery in the sheltered south-facing bay at the mouth of Loch Don, immediately south of Gorten Frarm, and a second (female?) calling in the young oaks lining the upper edge of the bay. visitor.Simon Waters.   13th Long-eared
Owl (photo by Andy Tait), undisclosed area. Curlew
and Lapwing breeding in numerous sites. Great
Northern Diver and 4 Dunlin, Gribun.
Ewan Miles
11th
returning on the ferry from Oban. Approximately 30
Manx Shearwaters. Ron Corderio
10th a male hen harrier hunting outside our holiday cottage 2 miles outside fionnphort he made several passes before diving he caught something but couldn’t make out what. also a great skua on staffa. Phillip Mackie 9th On my walk around Ulva I saw Cuckoo and Male hen harrier which was carrying prey in its talons. On walk upto the old byre from Dervaig saw a Male whinchat near house on the left just before reaching the byre. David Gaffney 8th Salen. Turtle Dove in a local garden at Salen this morning. Geoff Pain  8th
Grasspoint. A Hobby, showing well &
hunting dragon flies in fields near Grasspoint.
Steve Milton.
8th On my tour today, we had a Garden warbler at Bridge Cottage, adjacent to Knock Bridge.Also a full summer plumaged Great Northern Diver opposite Inch Kenneth. Pete and Jan Hall 6th: Craignure/Java - 3 common sandpipers. Scallastle Bay - pair red-breasted mergansers, eider duck. Garmony - 3 curlew, separate groups of eider (2 pairs, female with 2 chicks on the water, 4 drakes) Nancy Somerville 6th An Osprey, seen today flying up loch na Keal, inland at 12:15 .Craig Lewis (visiting from birder from Bristol) 6th West Ardhu. a Spotted Flycatcher, (seem scarce this year) also Arthur has had Bullfinch in the garden. Arthur Brown  Osprey in the highlands at Lossiemouth. by Alan Spellman 6th:
Craignure/Java - Osprey flying over, 2 common
sandpipers, lots of fledgling starlings and
siskins about. In my Java garden -
5th Craignure Golf course. a pair of red throated divers outside the golf course. Lizzy Grieve ( Mull eagle hide Ranger) 4th: Craignure/Java - 2 common sandpipers, male blackbird feeding fledgling. Scallastle forest path - cuckoo seen, and heard calling 3rd: Craignure/Java - willow warbler, grey wagtail, 2 common sandpipers.- male bullfinch, pair and 5 fledgling goldfinches 5th May Whimbrel - Staffa, Twite x 2 - Staffa, Wood Warbler - Corran View woods, 6th Whinchat - Loch Spelve shore GR 681275 and Glen More, Golden Plover x 5 - Pennyghael, Cuckoo - Leachan Dubha wood, Corncrake - Iona Abbey, Twite x 2 - Iona. 2nd Great Northern Diver - off Grass Point. Cuckoo - Loch Spelve shore, 3rd Corncrake - Iona fire station, Rock Dove x 14 - Iona garden, 4th Twite x 2 - Staffa, Great Skua - Staffa, Raven x 2 - Lunga, Corncrake - Lunga, 5th Whinchat. Christopher Hall. Mull staying at Burnside June 15th onwards. some records: There seemed to be good numbers of whinchat with family groups in many places including up the road to Gorten. Sand martin colony up there doing well and an overflow site off the track overlooking Grasspoint.. A cuckoo above Laggan Farm on the 18th and a bonxie around Lochbuie on the same day. There were many family groups of wheatear around the Laggan dunes. A grasshopper warbler was heard below Auchnacraig on 20th. On 21st a pair of redstarts with 4 young near Croggan Farm. A ringtail hen harrier was hunting below Ardnadrochit on 23rd and 24th, but this was the only sighting.A great N diver off Garmony on 24th.on 27th June 7 red throated divers were gathered in the centre of Lochbuie, they were very vocal. On same day a family group of spotted flycatchers were off the Glenbyre track.These were the highlight, no sightings of Hen Harrrier up the Glen Road, sea eagles showing well at Kilpatrick.We then moved round to Colonsay and had lots of corncrakes, and a Hen Harrier and a sea eagle. Chris & Tony Johnson (regular visitors) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Latest sightings for June 201830th Little Gull -
a mull first for me, first-summer feeding in
the tidal race off Grasspoint with Common
& BHGulls and Kittiwakes. Bird has a
partial hood. Likes resting on the rocks off
there with the other gulls. Also there
fledged juv Tree Pipit and Redstart and family
of Whinchats with at least one young.
27th - Aros Park. A male Wood
Warbler was still singing here this afternoon..
Stuart Gibson30th Jay - one
flew across road into conifers just west of
Lochbuie turn off. Ashley Saunders. Oriole
Birding Tours
30th Slav Grebe -
one in full plumage in Loch na Keal, close
to the sea eagle lay-by on north side beyond
Killiechronan campsite
27th Swift -
single over Caliach Point , one over
Pennyghael 29th Ashley Saunders.
Oriole Birding Tours
30th Redstart -
pair feeding young in nest box in oak woods
at croggan
30th
Black-throated Diver - a second calendar
year bird (non breeding plumage) is in Loch
Scridain off Pennyghael hotel, present same
spot every day
26th June:
Java/Craignure Bay - Single Eider Duck,
Fishnish - Whitethroat Nancy
Somerville
30th: Treshnish, Corncrake
still calling at Haunn (first heard on 23rd
May). Several reports of 2 being heard, prasad
29th: Craignure Bay - single black guillemot 30th: Craignure/Torosay coast - Male Hen Harrier carrying prey (photos on Facebook); 15 Canada geese. Garmony: 2 Mallards. juveniles, I think. Nancy Somerville28th Great Northern Diver - one in full plumage in bay on west coast of Iona. Ashley Saunders. Oriole Birding Tours 26th Two RT
Divers and GN Diver on Loch na Keal today.
Cuckoos at Lagganulva and Reudle. Only one
SE Owl record on North Mull in last three
weeks. Male Peregrine, Loch Cuin. Little
Grebe with four young on Loch Uisg. Ewan
Miles
26th - Glengorm. Two
pairs Whinchat whose behaviour
suggested young out of nest in near
vicinity, near Cnoc Achadh nam Fuath.
26th - Tobermory. The
immature Iceland Gull is still
present.. Stuart Gibson
25th -
Croig. Two Great Northern Divers (one immature) in
outer Loch Cuin.
25th -
Tobermory. The 1st Summer immature Iceland Gull is
still frequenting the loafing area viewed from car
park). Stuart Gibson
 23rd Saw a bird
land on the back of a cuckoo to feed it. Might have
been a meadow pipit, it was not near enough to tell.
Colin Moody21st Quite a few Long-Tailed Tits along
the Java - Craignure path. Grey wagtail at Java
beach. Pair of Canada Geese with about three
goslings at Garmony. Two pairs of Greylag geese with
around seven goslings at Aros.
afternoon, Tobermory: Greenfinch just beside the car park, where the rivers comes out. with House Sparrows and Goldfinch. evening, Garmony: Flock of seven Redpolls. Five immature Eider drakes, Four Eider ducks with about ten ducklings, Juvenile Dipper. Nancy Sommerville. 19th - Tobermory.
The 1st S imm. Iceland Gull was
seen a 12.30pm and again at 8.15pm (the evening
sighting was at the new sandy beach, on which this
gull was completely camouflaged!) Stuart Gibson.
18th Loch na Keal. a Slavonian grebe in partial summer plumage at the head of the loch. Also had a white fronted goose in Salen bay. Wasn’t sure if that had been reported before. visitor Sally Nowell 18th -
Tobermory. A 1st Summer immature Iceland
Gull in Tobermory harbour this early
afternoon. Stuart Gibson
18th - Fishnish. Six Crossbills over
forest this afternoon. Stuart Gibson
18th Craignure. For the
first time ever we have just had a beautiful
Jay on our feeders in the
garden. Pete and Jan.
17th Salen Bay 4 great northern divers together at
Salen Bay. Andrew Blagden on holiday.17th Loch na Keal. a Slavonian Grebe in full summer plumage still on the loch. (usually only winter here)  White tailed Eagles from a trip on 'Lady Jayne' with Martin & Alex (Mull Charters) today 17th June 2018 8th - Tobermory.
The Glaucous Gull is still in the harbour and
looking very much at home. Stuart Gibson
7th Ross of Mull
(undisclosed site) an adult Rose
coloured starling briefly here.
Alan (sorry but I cant be more specific)
6th
- Tobermory. 1st S immature Glaucous Gull
still around today. Stuart Gibson
5th - Tobermory. The 1st S imm. Iceland Gull was in the harbour at 10.00 am this morning, while the 1st S Glaucous Gull was there at 6.00 pm. Stuart Gibson 4th We saw a male
whinchat on a walk through Knockvologan nature
reserve, singing and flitting about on Monday
4th June, and another male whinchat at Grass
Point on Tuesday 5th June afternoon. Helen
Lumley, visitor to Mull
6th
Loch na Keal: a trip round the loch
produced three Golden Eagles and four
white tailed Eagles plus a real prize
being a Slavonian
Grebe in full summer plumage at
the head of the Loch. Alan, Anna
Carey, Ewan Mile and his group.
4th - Tobermory.
Somewhat ironical that in our current heatwave
Tobermory should play host to two Winter visitors
: Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull. Like the
immature Iceland previously, this Glaucous Gull
appears to be a 1st Summer immature (it was an egg
this time last year!)
1st Summer immature Glaucous Gull
present in Tobermory harbour this afternoon (4th)
Stuart Gibson
3rd we saw a
male hen harrier fly overhead this morning carrying
food, at a beach (Traig na Margaidh) a female
and later a male hen harrier plus a spotted
flycatcher at Camas Tuath. Helen Lumley, visitor to
Mull.
1st Loch na Keal. Summer plumaged Slavonian Grebe on Loch Na Keal at Kellan viewpoint. Andy Beevers (Visitor) 1st - Tobermory.
1st Summer immature Iceland Gull again at confluence
of Tobermory river and bay. Striking and unmissable
bird!. Stuart Gibson
1st we had a pair
of Red Throated Divers from Craignure Golf Course.
Pete and Jan
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