Sightings September 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 | Bogside | Peregrine, upto 15 Black-tailed Godwits |
| 1-4 | Bogside | 3-7 Greenshanks |
| 13-28 | Bogside | 1 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper from 13th-15th, 2 on 17th and 1 from 19th-28th |
| 2-29 | Bogside | Upto 2 Short-eared OWls |
| 15-29 | Bogside | 1-3 Grey Plovers |
| 21-29 | Bogside | 1-5 Knot |
| 1-4 | Doonfoot | Upto 6 Greenshanks |
| 1-9 | Doonfoot | Upto 8 Knot |
| 17-30 | Hunterston | 5-9 Greenshanks |
| 19-26 | Fairlie | Upto 8 Greenshanks |
| 1-22 | Stevenston Point | 1 2nd winter and up to 2 1st winter Mediterranean Gulls |
| 23-29 | Garnock Floods | 1 juvenile Black Tern |
Other Sightings
| Date | Location | Sighting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lochlea | 2 juvenile Black-tailed Godwits |
| Turnberry Point | 1 juvenile Arctic Tern | |
| Warwickdale | Pair Tree Sparrows, 1 Peregrine | |
| 2 | Bogside | 1 Ruff |
| Irvine Bay | 1 Arctic Skua | |
| Stevenston Point | 1 Whimbrel | |
| Doonfoot | 32 Turnstone | |
| Saltcoats | 1 juvenile Pomarine Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua | |
| 3 | Lochlea | 1 Juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Turnberry | 1 Puffin, 7 Sand Martin | |
| Powburn | 1st winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| 4 | Turnberry Point | 1 Balearic Shearwater |
| Doonfoot | 2 Sanderling | |
| 5 | Lochlea | 1 juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 2 Ruff |
| 6 | Lochlea | 1 juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 1 Ruff |
| Powburn | 1st and 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| Saltcoats | 1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua | |
| 8 | Balgray Reservoir (S) | 1 Greenshank, 2 Gadwall |
| Doonfoot | 1 Bar-tailed Godwit | |
| Capringstone | 2 Green Sandpipers | |
| 9 | Kilbirnie Loch | 1 Guillemot |
| 10 | Misty Law | 36 Ravens |
| 12 | Stevenston Point | 1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Knot, 3 Sanderling |
| 13 | Barassie | 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull, 1 Ruff |
| 15 | Stevenston Point | 1 Whimbrel, 2 Wheatear |
| 16 | Bogside | 2 juvenile Little Stints |
| Hunterston | 3 Knot | |
| 17 | Irvine | 1 Merlin |
| Hunterston | 1 Gadwall | |
| Ardrossan | 1 juvenile Little Stint | |
| 19 | Maidens | 2 juvenile Black-tailed Godwits |
| Turnberry Point | 1 Common Tern | |
| 20 | Hunterston | 1 Black Tern, 1 Whimbrel |
| Stevenston Point | 1 juvenile Little Gull, 1 Whimbrel, 20+ Sanderling | |
| Troon | 1 Great Northern Diver | |
| 21 | Bogside | 1 Black Tern, 1 Ruff |
| Capringstone | 1 Black Tern | |
| Ardeer | 19 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Kingfisher | |
| 22 | Stevenston Point | 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull |
| 23 | Doonfoot | 1 Juvenile Little Stint |
| Dipple | 2 Black Terns | |
| Hunterston | 2 Bar-tailed Godwits | |
| Maidens | 1 Little Stint | |
| 24 | North Craig Reservoir | Female Hen Harrier |
| Dipple | 1 juvenile Marsh Harrier, 2 juvenile Black Terns, 1st and 2nd winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| Hunterston | 2 Bar-tailed Godwits | |
| Maidens | 1 juvenile Little Stint | |
| 26 | Capringstone | 2 Kingfishers |
| Cumnock | Flock of Redwings | |
| Southannan Sands | 2 Pintail, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Hooded Crow | |
| 28 | Martnaham | Female Scaup |
| Trabboch | 1 Gadwall | |
| Southannan Sands | 2 Pintail, 1 Ruff, 3 Black-tailed Godwits | |
| 29 | Garnock Estuary | 1 Little Stint, 1 Pintail |
| 30 | Hunterston | 1 Pintail |
| Turnberry | 62 Red-throated Divers, 19 Sandwich Terns, 5 Common Scoter, 3 Manx Shearwaters, Swallows |
Acknowledgements
Birdline Scotland, Bird Guides, Clyde Birds, T and G Scott, A Hogg, K Waite, M McGinty, M Howes, K Hoey, J McGrady, J Woods, T Cameron, M Hollinsworth, I Hamlin, J McManus, B Lambie, A Barker, D Vernon. Apologies for any missing names.