Sightings March 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 | Maidens | Water Pipit |
| Irvine | Juvenile Glaucous Gull | |
| Ayr | Adult Iceland Gull | |
| Maidens-Dipple | 1st Winter Little Gull | |
| 1 to 19 | Maidens | 4 Pale-bellied Brent Geese |
| 6 to 21 | Doonfoot | Adult Mediterranean Gull |
| 30 to 31 | Largs | Adult Little Gull |
Other Sightings
| Dates | Location | Sighting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lochlea | 2 Taiga Bean Geese, 481 Greylag Geese |
| 2 | Dalry | Merlin |
| 3 | Lochlea | 400+ Greylag Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese |
| Martnaham Loch | 670 Greylag Geese, 19 Pink-footed Geese, 41 Whooper Swans | |
| Drongan | 105 Greylag Geese | |
| Largs | Hen Harrier | |
| Turnberry Point | Adult Little Gull | |
| 4 | Blairbowie | 104 Greylag Geese, 17 Pink-footed Geese |
| Martnaham Loch | 290 Greylag Geese | |
| Kincaidston | Glaucous Gull | |
| 5 | Maidens | 2 Possible Scandanavian Rock Pipits |
| Blairbowie | 180 Greylag Geese, 17 Pink-footed Geese | |
| 6 | Doonfoot | Adult Iceland Gull |
| Blairbowie-martnaham | 1200 Greylag Geese, 17 Pink-footed Geese | |
| Mossend | 780 Greylag Geese, 16 Pink-footed Geese | |
| Martnaham Loch | Merlin | |
| 8 | Blairbowie | Sand Martin |
| Ayr | Sand Martin | |
| Martnaham Loch | 1000 Greylag Geese, 8 Pink-footed Geese, 43 Whooper Swans, pair Pintail | |
| 10 | Bogside | 6 Greenshank |
| Garnock Floods | 2 male Shoveler | |
| Saltcoats | Woodcock | |
| 11 | Montfode Farm | 146 Greylag Geese |
| Turnberry Point | Sand Martin | |
| 12 | Garnock Floods | 4 Shoveler |
| Capringstone | Pair Shoveler, Goosander | |
| Loch Nahinee | Willow Tit, 6 Crossbills | |
| 13 | Martnaham Loch | Chiffchaff |
| Kerse Loch | 22 Whooper Swans, 3 Barn Owls | |
| Blairbowie | 4 Whooper Swans | |
| Maidens | 23 Rock Pipits (1 Scandanavian), 36 Purple Sandpipers | |
| 14 | Martnaham Loch | Merlin |
| Knockdolian | Chiffchaff | |
| Bogside | Hen Harrier | |
| 15 | Ardeer | Chiffchaff |
| Auchincruive | Pair Shoveler | |
| 17 | Irvine | 1st Winter Iceland Gull |
| 18 | Maidens | 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2nd Winter Iceland Gull |
| Garnock ICI | 10 Greenshank, 7 Whooper Swans | |
| Garnock Floods | Pair Shoveler | |
| Auchincruive | Pair Shoveler | |
| Hunterston | 3 Greenshank | |
| Ardrossan-Farland Head | 2 Greenshank, 6 Jack Snipe | |
| 19 | Auchincruive | 2 Chiffchaffs |
| Eglinton | 3 Shoveler, Goosander | |
| 21 | Maybole | 1st Winter Iceland Gull |
| 23 | Turnberry-Ballantrae | 41 Red-throated Divers, 42 Black-throated Divers, 31 Great Northern Divers |
| Dipple | 9 Common Scoter | |
| 24 | Turnberry | 23 Black-throated Divers, 9 Common Scoter |
| Loch Riecawr-Stinchar Bridge | 8-9 Crossbills | |
| Troon | 100 Barnacle Geese flying NE | |
| 25 | Laigh Drumlanford | 1 Willow Tit |
| Loch Mabberry | 4 Whooper Swans, 2-3 Crossbills | |
| 26 | Maidens | 6 Pink-footed Geese |
| 27 | Kingcase-Kilgrammie | 21+ Chiffchaffs |
| Blairbowie | 425 Greylag Geese, 19 Pink-footed Geese | |
| 28 | Stewarton | 2 Barn Owls |
| 29 | Doonfoot | Adult Iceland Gull |
| 30 | Largs | 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull |
| 31 | Ness Glen | Nuthatch |
| Martnaham Loch | 40+ Canada Geese, 3 Whooper Swans, Goldeneye | |
| Bogton Loch | Goldeneye |
Acknowledgements
M Hollinsworth, A Dick, J Thomson, R Kelly, S McMahon, I Hamlin, A Hogg, K Waite, J Towill, J McGrady, M Howes, T Scott, T Cameron, T Reid, D Vernon, V Firminger, Birdline Scotland, BirdGuides, Ayrshire-birding.