Sightings May 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
7 to 26	Ballantrae-Hunterston	Excellent Skua Passage
28 to 29	Turnberry Point	1 Whimbrel
9 to 11	Blackcraig Hill	2 Dotterel
3, 12 to 13	Capringstone	Male Garganey
2 to 3	Garnock Floods	1-2 Garganey

Other Sightings

Dates	Location	Sighting
1	Maybole	Lesser Whitethroat
2	Glen App	Hooded Crow
	Bogton Loch	2 Tree Pipits, 7 Garden Warblers, 5 Blackcaps, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sedge Warblers, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whinchat
3	Capringstone	Wood Sandpiper
	Cumnock	Osprey
4	Craigengillan	Spotted Flycatcher
7	Troon	1 Arctic Skua, 3 Long-tailed Skuas
	Saltcoats	1 Arctic Skua
	Croy	13 Whimbrel
8	Saltcoats	3 Pomarine Skuas, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Little Terns, 2 Puffins
	Turnberry Point	2 Long-tailed Skuas, 5 Pomarine Skuas
	Sorn-Muirkirk	Hen Harrier
9	Stevenston Point	2 Arctic Skuas, 3 Whimbrel
	Blairbowie	Female Garganey
	Glen Afton	Male Pied Flycatcher
	Balkenna	15 Whimbrel
	Woodlands Bay	2 Whimbrel
	Ardrossan	1 Whimbrel
10	Saltcoats	4 Pomarine Skuas
12	Saltcoats	2 Purple Sandpipers, Red-throated Diver, 3 Dunlin
	Glen Afton	Redstart
	Balkenna	2 Whimbrel
	Dipple	1 Whimbrel
13	Bogside	Scaup
	Pennyglen	Whinchat
	Kilkerran	Spotted Flycatchers, Wood Warblers, 3 Redstarts, 10 Garden Warblers
15	Troon/barassie	3 Whimbrel, 3 Goosander
16	Martnaham Loch	1st Summer Mediterranean Gull
	Ardrossan	1st Winter Iceland Gull
17	Saltcoats	4 Long-tailed Skuas
18	Saltcoats	4 Long-tailed Skuas, 15 Whimbrel
	Troon	1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skuas
19	Saltcoats	9 Long-tailed Skuas, (90?) Pomarine Skuas, 10 Arctic Skuas
	Stevenston Point	5 Pomarine Skuas, 2 Storm Petrels, 1st Winter Iceland Gull
	Turnberry Point	3 Pomarine Skuas, 4 Arctic Skuas, 1 Long-tailed Skua
	Ardrossan	Storm Petrel
20	Saltcoats	16 Pomarine Skuas, 10 Arctic Skuas
	Turnberry Point	1 Whimbrel, Pied Flycatcher
21	Saltcoats	4 Pomarine Skuas
	Ballantrae	1 Pomarine Skua
	Craigengillan	4 Cuckoos, 6 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 2 Tree Pipits, 2 Whinchat, 11 Redstart, 10 Sedge Warblers, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 20 Blackcap, 24 Garden Warbler, 4 Wood Warbler, 15 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Willow Tit, 12 Common Crossbill
24	Stevenston Point	4 Pomarine Skuas, Great Skua
25	Saltcoats	1 Long-tailed Skua, 2 Pomarine Skuas
26	Saltcoats	1 Pomarine Skua,
	Lochlea	1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint
28	Stevenston Point	6 Knot
	Capringstone	1 Black-tailed Godwit
29	Kilbirnie Loch	Female Marsh Harrier
31	Loch Duisk	Immature Whooper Swan
	Loch Maberry	Pink-footed Goose

Acknowledgements

A Hogg, I Hamlin, T Byars, R Lambie, J Towill, M McGinty, K Waite, M Howes, R Taylor, J McGrady, Birdline Scotland, Bird Guides, Ayrshire-birding.

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