Sightings November 2006

This table below lists the sightings of birds in Ayrshire over this month compiled from various sources. This is principally for a historical record and does not imply that a particular sightings has been accepted by the relevant authorities. The list of contributors is given at the foot of the table.

For details on many of the locations mentioned in the sightings please refer to our Where to Watch Birds in Ayrshire guides.

List compiled by Mike Howes and edited by Kevin Waite

Long Stayers

Dates	Location	Sighting
All	Irvine Bogside	Upto 8 Whooper Swans, 2 Hen Harriers, single Short-eared Owl, upto 12 Shoveler and upto 12 Greenshank
1 to 8	Doonfoot	Single Brent Goose
4 to 24	Stevenston Point	2nd Winter Mediterranean Gull
6 to 12	Martnaham Loch	Male American Wigeon
7 to 30	Ayr	Adult Iceland Gull
21 to 24	Lochlea	2 Male American Wigeon

Other Sightings

Dates	Location	Sighting
1	Lochlea	Immature Spoonbill
	Bogside	2 Bar-tailed Godwits
	Ardeer	Kingfisher
	Bargower	Long-eared Owl
2	Eglinton Park	50+ Whooper Swans, Kingfisher
	Hunterston Lagoons	6 Whooper Swans, 4 Greenshank, male Scaup, 8 Goldeneye
	Doonfoot	16 Goldeneye, 2 Scaup
	Fail Loch	Merlin
	Lochlea	180+ Greylag Geese, 17 Whooper Swans
	Irvine Bogside	953 Golden Plover, 4 Black-tailed Godwits
3	Fairlie Moor	2 Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl
6	Irvine Bogside	1 Gadwall
7	Doonfoot	Adult Mediterranean Gull
8	Saltcoats	24 Scaup
	Doonfoot	2 Greenshank
	Martnaham Loch	3 Goosander
9	Barassie	Adult Mediterranean Gull
	Stevenston Point	1st Winter Mediterranean Gull, 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese
10	Saltcoats	32 Scaup
11	Maidens	1st Winter Little Gull
	Turnberry Point	7 Little Auks, Juvenile Sabine’s Gull
	Troon	2 Little Auks
	Saltcoats	1 Little Auk
13	Stevenston Point	1 Whimbrel
	Crossroads	40+ Pink-footed Geese flying SW
15	Hunterston	Little Auk
18	Girvan	1st Winter Little Gull
19	Kay Park Kilmarnock	13 Goosander
20	Crossroads	Merlin
	Barassie	3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese
21	Kileekie	322 Greylag Geese
22	Auchenharvie	Dead Woodcock
	Irvine Bogside	Goshawk
	Braehead Farm Kilmarnock	14-15 Whooper Swans
	Kileekie	21 Whooper Swans
	Ardeer	Kingfisher
23	Stevenston Point	Little Gull
24	Stevenston Point	1 Whimbrel
	Maidens	Water Pipit
	Blairbowie	170 Greylag Geese, 4 Black-tailed Godwits
25	Turnberry Point	2 Little Auks, 1 Pomarine Skua
	Garnock Floods	14 Shoveler
26	Maidens	Grey Phalarope, 15 Rock Pipits, 2 Great Northern and 15 Red-throated Divers
28	Lochlea	2 Whooper Swans
	Fail Loch	5 Whooper Swans, 300 Greylag Geese, 6 Dunlin, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits
	Maidens	40 Common Scoter
29	Kileekie	20 Whooper Swans, 130 Greylag Geese, Male Shoveler
	Stevenston Point	2 Adult and one 1st Winter Little Gulls

Acknowledgements

A Hogg, I Hamlin, R Mason, R White, M Howes, J McGrady, K Waite, F Simpson, M McGinty, D Vernon, A Paxton, A Barker, J Towill, T Cameron, Bird Guides, Birdline Scotland.

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