Sightings January 2007
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 Ayrshire Species List indicates which species requires submission of a sightings form to be considered by the relevant committee. The list of this month's 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 | West Kilbride | Blackcap |
| Kilwinning | ||
| Irvine | ||
| Dalry | ||
| Maidens | 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, Water Pipit | |
| Ayr | Adult Iceland Gull | |
| 1 to 4 | Irvine | Juvenile Ivory Gull |
| 2 to 7 | Maidens | 1st Winter Little Gull |
| 8 to 30 | Troon | Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
| 7 to 18 | Maidens | Grey Plover |
| 10 to 24 | Drybridge | 17 Whooper Swans |
Other Sightings
| Dates | Location | Sighting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ardeer | Jack Snipe, 6 Redpolls |
| Capringstone | 11 Shoveler | |
| Barassie | 60+ Scaup | |
| 2 | Troon | 1st Winter and 2nd Winter Mediterranean Gulls |
| Turnberry Point | Adult Iceland Gull | |
| Ardeer | Chiffchaff, 25 Whooper Swans | |
| Crook Hill | 7 Crossbills, 1 Woodcock | |
| 4 | Doonfoot | Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 11 Waxwings |
| Eglinton Park | Juvenile Glaucous Gull | |
| Shewalton | 9 Jack Snipe | |
| 6 | Barassie | Hen Harrier |
| Stevenston LNR | 10 Twite, 20 Sanderling | |
| Stevenston Point | 2nd Winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| Ayr | Juvenile Glaucous Gull, Adult Mediterranean Gull | |
| Barassie | 39 Scaup | |
| 7 | Garnock Floods | Red-head Smew |
| Nick o’ the Balloch | Goshawk | |
| Culloch Knowes | 1 Merlin | |
| Prestwick Airport | Short-eared Owl | |
| 8 | Barassie | Grey Phalarope |
| 9 | Garnock ICI | 8 Greenshank, 6 Whooper Swans, 5 Shoveler |
| Bogside | Hen Harrier | |
| Ardeer Quarry | Chiffchaff | |
| 10 | Crosshouse | Goshawk |
| 12 | Shewalton | 1 Jack Snipe |
| 13 | Turnberry Point | Slavonian Grebe |
| Largs | 2nd Winter Glaucous Gull | |
| 14 | Maidens | 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull, 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese |
| Martnaham Loch | 29 Whooper Swans | |
| Stevenston Point | 4 Sanderling, 20 Scaup | |
| Saltcoats | 15 Purple Sandpipers | |
| Ardrossan Harbour | 1 Red-throated Diver, 9 Purple Sandpipers | |
| Pow Burn | Grey Plover | |
| Barassie | 37 Scaup | |
| Troon | Little Auk, 20 Scaup | |
| Ayr | 15 Purple Sandpipers | |
| 16 | Garnock Ici | 9 Greenshank, 8 Whooper Swans |
| Bogside | 7 Whooper Swans, 377 Golden Plover | |
| Ballantrae-Girvan | 47 Great Northern Divers | |
| Bennane | 40 Twite | |
| Ballantrae | 57 Greylag Geese | |
| 17 | Maidens | Water Pipit, 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese |
| 18 | Turnberry Point | Merlin |
| Maidens | 25 Purple Sandpipers | |
| Ardrossan | 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese | |
| 20 | Martnaham Loch | Pintail, 29 Whooper Swans |
| Troon | Sooty Shearwater | |
| Maidens | 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| Doonfoot | Mediterranean Gull | |
| 21 | Hunterston | 9 Greenshank, 3 Scaup |
| Ardrossan-farland Head | 18 Purple Sandpipers, 2 Greenshank, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit | |
| Largs | Dead Little Auk | |
| Doonfoot | 2nd Winter Mediterranean Gull, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver | |
| 22 | Troon | 2nd Winter Mediterranean Gull |
| Barassie | 7 Scaup | |
| 23 | Bogton Loch | 40 Greylag Geese, Barn Owl, Hen Harrier, 9 Whooper Swans |
| Garnock Estuary | 818 Wigeon, 508 Teal, 6 Shoveler | |
| 24 | Martnaham Loch | 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull |
| 25 | Coodham | 2 Woodcock |
| 26 | Stinchar Bridge | 3 Crossbills |
| Ayr | Adult Mediterranean Gull, 30 Twite | |
| Troon | Adult Mediterranean Gull, Adult Iceland Gull | |
| 27 | Shewalton | 3 Jack Snipe |
| 28 | Stevenston | 9 Jack Snipe |
| Ayr | Juvenile Glaucous Gull | |
| Shewalton | 3 Jack Snipe | |
| 29 | Pow Burn | 4 Jack Snipe |
| Shewalton | 5 Jack Snipe | |
| Warwickdale | 15 Jack Snipe | |
| Seamill | 2 Jack Snipe | |
| 30 | Largs | Juvenile Iceland Gull |
| Ayr | 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull | |
| 31 | Irvine | Goshawk |
Acknowledgements
I Hamlin, F Hamilton, J McGrady, M Howes, K Waite, A Hogg, T Reid, T Cameron, S McMahon, B Wagner, D Vernon, V Firminger, Bird Guides, Birdline Scotland.