Sightings June 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

Sightings

Dates	Location	Sighting
1	Tallaminnoch-Tarfessock	4 Cuckoos, 5 Tree Pipits, Common Crossbills
2	Loch Duisk	Immature Whooper Swan
2	Loch Maberry	Pink-footed Goose
7	Tunskeen	Grasshopper Warbler
	Loch Riecawr	Tree Pipit
	Ardeer ICI	4 Goosander
8	Ballantrae	8 Sanderling
8	Bennane Head area	17 pairs Fulmar
9	Ardeeer ICI	3 Goosander, 2 Wigeon
10	Glenbuck-Middle Wellwood	2 Common Sandpipers, 3 pairs breeding Common Gull, 3 Garden Warblers, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Redstarts, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Stock Dove, Cuckoo, Lesser Redpolls
12	Stevenston	4 Ravens
17	Bogside	Whimbrel
	Doonfoot	Greenshank
	Girvan	Arctic Skua
	Ness Glen	2 Wood Warblers, Redstart
	Nick o’ the Balloch	Tree Pipit, Whinchat
19	Black Claughrie	Wood Warbler, Nuthatch, 4 Whinchat, Grasshopper Warblers, 2-3 Whitethroats, 2 Crossbills
20	St Quivox	Hoopoe?
	Ardeer ICI	14 Goosander
	Old Dailly	Redstart
22	Dalrymple	Barn Owl
24	Bogside	Pink-footed Goose
25	Turnberry Point	Great Northern Diver, 2 Arctic Skuas
30	Garnock Floods	Greenshank

Acknowledgements

I Hamlin, T and G Scott, M Howes, K Waite, J McGrady, A Hogg, R Hissett, A Barker, Ayrshire Birding, Birdline Scotland, Bird Guides.