Sightings July 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 | Capringstone Flash | Up To 4 Green Sandpipers |
| 4 to 6 | Loch Doon | Great White Egret (1st for Ayrshire) |
| All | Garnock/Bogside | 3-11 Greenshank |
Other Sightings
| Dates | Location | Sighting |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ardeer ICI | Hobby |
| Cumnock | Hobby | |
| 7 | Girvan | 2 Storm Petrels |
| Powburn | 1 Whimbrel | |
| Garnock East Pool | 1 Green Sandpiper | |
| Turnberry Point | Balearic Shearwater | |
| 18 | Cronberry | Hobby |
| Shewalton Pits | 2 Male Scaup | |
| 20 | Skelmorlie | Arctic Skua |
| 23 | Powburn | 1st Summer Mediterranean Gull |
| 24 | Bogside | 2 Black-tailed Godwits, 8 Goosander |
| 25 | Bogside | Pink-footed Goose |
| Irish Law Area | Hen Harrier, 2 Ravens | |
| Outerwards Reservoir | 10 Lesser Redpolls | |
| 28 | Turnberry Point | Balearic Shearwater, Storm Petrel |
| Barassie | 1st Summer Mediterranean Gull | |
| Cumnock | Long-eared Owl | |
| 29 | Barassie | 1st Summer Mediterranean Gull |
| Doonfoot | 3 Greenshank | |
| 30 | Bogside | 14 Goosander |
| Garnock East Pool | Green Sandpiper | |
| Blairbowie | Shoveler | |
| 31 | Crosshill | Red Kite |
| Balkenna | 2 Whimbrel |
Acknowledgements
A Hogg, M McGinty, P McEwan, J McGrady, J Woods, T Reid, Z Bathia, I Hamlin, J Towill, M Hogg, Bird Guides, Birdline Scotland, Ayrshire birding group.