October 1
Golden Eagle: 2 ‘viewed from fields left of Treshnish House, hunting spectacularly low down - female significantly bigger than male,’ and seen later at Port Haunn (PR)
Merlin: 1 at Port Haunn (PR)
Golden Plover: 4 below Toechtamhor (PR)
Twite: small flock ‘viewed from fields left of Treshnish House,’ (PR)
October 2
Hen Harrier: 1 above Treshnish House
Otter: 1 ‘at Calgary Bay with 3 Hooded Crows scavenging remains of its crab,’ (PR)
October 3
Golden Eagle: 2 at Treshnish house
Merlin: 1 ‘seen hunting from summit Ben Duill,’ (PR)
Red Deer: ‘Red deer stag with group of hinds seen from summit Ben Duill, lots of other stags around and another group of hinds with, as yet, no stag - lots of roaring going on!,’ (PR)
October 4
Golden Eagle: 2 all afternoon around Treshnish house and Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘female, hunting by moor road btwn Torloisk and Dervaig,’ (PR)
Sparrowhawk: 1 hunting at Haunn cottages
Merlin: ‘Male perched on rock in garden at Middle Cottage,’ (PR)
Golden Plover: 2 below Toechtamhor cottage (Prasad), 1 ‘seen from track btwn Haunn and farm,’ (PR)
Common Ringed Plover: ‘Small flock of ringed plover at sunset, Calgary Beach,’ (PR)
Northern Wheatear: 1 ‘seen from track btwn Haunn and farm,’ (PR)
Otter: 1 ‘viewed at Traigh na Cille by Kilninian, hunting inshore and exploring up the rocks and vegetation - was approx 7 metres away at one point and very inquisitive!,’ (PR)
October 5
Golden Eagle: 1 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Golden Plover: ‘2 in field below Haunn Cottages. Small flock at Langamull Bay,’ (PR)
Whinchat: 1 ’in gorse bushes by track to pier,’ in Calgary Bay (PR)
Otter: 1 ‘at Calgary Bay by pier,’ (PR)
October 6
Red-throated Diver: 1 ‘close to shore at Calgary beach,’ (PR)
Common Ringed Plover: 14 at Calgary beach (PR)
Ruddy Turnstone: 3 with Ringed Plovers at Calgary beach (PR)
October 7
Hen Harrier: 1 at Treshnish Point (PR)
Twite: at Treshnish Point (PR)
Goldfinch: at Treshnish Point (PR)
October 8
Golden Eagle: 1 between Ensay and Calgary (Prasad), 2 ‘by Cruachan Treshnish and seen again from Ben Duill. Possibly a different 2 seen above cliffs near Crackaig,’ (PR)
Hen Harrier: 1 by Treshnish Point (PR)
Twite: ‘Flock of approx 20 feeding on seed heads by East Cottage,’ (PR)
Bottle-nosed Dolphin: pod of at least four adults and one juvenile deep in Calgary bay between the pink pier and the beach giving a great diving display
October 9
White-tailed Eagle: 1 at flying over Killiechronan
Golden Eagle: 2 at Lagganulva
October 11
Tawny Owl: 1 seen hunting near Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Long-tailed Tit: 11+ in Treshnish wood by farm-road
October 12
Great Northern Diver: 1 flying south off Treshnish Point
Brent Goose: 6 at Rubh' a' Chaoil- just south of Port Haunn (ST & LS)
Gannet: 50+ along Treshnish coast (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 15+ feeding at ‘Treshnish farm entrance’ (ST & LS)
Coal Tit: 10+ feeding at ‘Treshnish farm entrance’ (ST & LS)
October 13
Tawny Owl: 1 seen buzzing the dogs at the cow-barn and another calling nearby
Lapwing: 7 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Barnacle Goose: 16 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Goose sp: about 25 each flying south over Treshnish boathouse (Leena)
Long-tailed Tit: 4+ at Torloisk House by the road (NM4045)
October 14
Great Northern Diver: 8 ‘S off Treshnish Point’ (ST & LS)
Puffin: 11 ’S’ (ST & LS)
Pale-bellied Brent Goose: 1 Brent Goose ssp. hrota at Treshnish boathouse (Prasad), 1 at Calgary Bay (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 12+ at Treshnish boathouse
October 15
Golden Eagle: 2 on Cruachan Treshnish
Barnacle Goose: 15 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘ring-tail’ at Kilninian (ST & LS)
Mistle Thrush: 14 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Long-tailed Tit: 3+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 16
Great Northern Diver: 1 ‘N’ (ST & LS)
Red Grouse: 2+ on Cruachan Treshnish
Golden Eagle: 2 from Treshnish cottages (guests at Duill & Shian cottages)
Whooper Swan: 5 on water off Treshnish point (ST & LS)
Barnacle Goose: 50+ ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Pink-footed Goose: 12 ‘SW over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Kittiwake: 1500+ feeding between Treshnish Point & Treshnish Isles (ST & LS)
Tawny Owl: 1 heard as usual at Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 17
Manx Shearwater: 1 ‘S’ (ST & LS)
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘ring-tail’ near Treshnish cow-barn
Whooper Swan: 7 ‘S’ (ST & LS)
White-tailed Eagle: 1 adult at Calgary (ST & LS)
Golden Eagle: 1 at Loch Frisa (ST & LS)
Greenshank: 8 at Dervaig (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 40+ by Treshnish House
Twite: 5 at Haunn (ST & LS)
October 18
Golden Eagle: 2 on Cruachan Treshnish and at Haunn
Mistle Thrush: 6 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 20
Golden Eagle: 2 above Treshnish House and sky-diving over Treshnish wood and at the same time 2 above Ensay
Short-eared Owl: 1 near Reudle Schoolhouse bog
Tawny Owl: 1 heard as usual at Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Goose sp: 3 skeins of about 25 each flying southwest over Cruachan Treshnish
October 21
Golden Eagle: 2 hunting around Haunn
Goose sp: 3 skeins of about 25 each flying south over Treshnish
October 22
Irish Mountain Hare: 1 to west of Treshnish boathouse
Goose sp: 2 small flocks of 6 & 2 flying south
October 23
Irish Mountain Hare: 3 at Ensay Burn mouth and 1 below Treshnish House
October 24
[Black-headed Gull: 1 or 2 beside Treshnish House (no binoculars)]
October 28
Golden Eagle: 2 above road between Ensay & Calgary and about 30m later 2 above Treshnish wood
Curlew: 15 at Calgary beach
Redwing: 4+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse, 10 by cattle-grid at Ensay Burn
Mistle Thrush: 1 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 29
Fieldfare: 45+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 30
Golden Eagle: 2 calling by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Buzzard: 10 above Treshnish wood
October 31
Golden Eagle: 2 all day around Treshnish cottages
Long-tailed Tit: 10+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Golden Eagle: 2 ‘viewed from fields left of Treshnish House, hunting spectacularly low down - female significantly bigger than male,’ and seen later at Port Haunn (PR)
Merlin: 1 at Port Haunn (PR)
Golden Plover: 4 below Toechtamhor (PR)
Twite: small flock ‘viewed from fields left of Treshnish House,’ (PR)
October 2
Hen Harrier: 1 above Treshnish House
Otter: 1 ‘at Calgary Bay with 3 Hooded Crows scavenging remains of its crab,’ (PR)
October 3
Golden Eagle: 2 at Treshnish house
Merlin: 1 ‘seen hunting from summit Ben Duill,’ (PR)
Red Deer: ‘Red deer stag with group of hinds seen from summit Ben Duill, lots of other stags around and another group of hinds with, as yet, no stag - lots of roaring going on!,’ (PR)
October 4
Golden Eagle: 2 all afternoon around Treshnish house and Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘female, hunting by moor road btwn Torloisk and Dervaig,’ (PR)
Sparrowhawk: 1 hunting at Haunn cottages
Merlin: ‘Male perched on rock in garden at Middle Cottage,’ (PR)
Golden Plover: 2 below Toechtamhor cottage (Prasad), 1 ‘seen from track btwn Haunn and farm,’ (PR)
Common Ringed Plover: ‘Small flock of ringed plover at sunset, Calgary Beach,’ (PR)
Northern Wheatear: 1 ‘seen from track btwn Haunn and farm,’ (PR)
Otter: 1 ‘viewed at Traigh na Cille by Kilninian, hunting inshore and exploring up the rocks and vegetation - was approx 7 metres away at one point and very inquisitive!,’ (PR)
October 5
Golden Eagle: 1 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Golden Plover: ‘2 in field below Haunn Cottages. Small flock at Langamull Bay,’ (PR)
Whinchat: 1 ’in gorse bushes by track to pier,’ in Calgary Bay (PR)
Otter: 1 ‘at Calgary Bay by pier,’ (PR)
October 6
Red-throated Diver: 1 ‘close to shore at Calgary beach,’ (PR)
Common Ringed Plover: 14 at Calgary beach (PR)
Ruddy Turnstone: 3 with Ringed Plovers at Calgary beach (PR)
October 7
Hen Harrier: 1 at Treshnish Point (PR)
Twite: at Treshnish Point (PR)
Goldfinch: at Treshnish Point (PR)
October 8
Golden Eagle: 1 between Ensay and Calgary (Prasad), 2 ‘by Cruachan Treshnish and seen again from Ben Duill. Possibly a different 2 seen above cliffs near Crackaig,’ (PR)
Hen Harrier: 1 by Treshnish Point (PR)
Twite: ‘Flock of approx 20 feeding on seed heads by East Cottage,’ (PR)
Bottle-nosed Dolphin: pod of at least four adults and one juvenile deep in Calgary bay between the pink pier and the beach giving a great diving display
October 9
White-tailed Eagle: 1 at flying over Killiechronan
Golden Eagle: 2 at Lagganulva
October 11
Tawny Owl: 1 seen hunting near Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Long-tailed Tit: 11+ in Treshnish wood by farm-road
October 12
Great Northern Diver: 1 flying south off Treshnish Point
Brent Goose: 6 at Rubh' a' Chaoil- just south of Port Haunn (ST & LS)
Gannet: 50+ along Treshnish coast (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 15+ feeding at ‘Treshnish farm entrance’ (ST & LS)
Coal Tit: 10+ feeding at ‘Treshnish farm entrance’ (ST & LS)
October 13
Tawny Owl: 1 seen buzzing the dogs at the cow-barn and another calling nearby
Lapwing: 7 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Barnacle Goose: 16 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Goose sp: about 25 each flying south over Treshnish boathouse (Leena)
Long-tailed Tit: 4+ at Torloisk House by the road (NM4045)
October 14
Great Northern Diver: 8 ‘S off Treshnish Point’ (ST & LS)
Puffin: 11 ’S’ (ST & LS)
Pale-bellied Brent Goose: 1 Brent Goose ssp. hrota at Treshnish boathouse (Prasad), 1 at Calgary Bay (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 12+ at Treshnish boathouse
October 15
Golden Eagle: 2 on Cruachan Treshnish
Barnacle Goose: 15 ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘ring-tail’ at Kilninian (ST & LS)
Mistle Thrush: 14 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Long-tailed Tit: 3+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 16
Great Northern Diver: 1 ‘N’ (ST & LS)
Red Grouse: 2+ on Cruachan Treshnish
Golden Eagle: 2 from Treshnish cottages (guests at Duill & Shian cottages)
Whooper Swan: 5 on water off Treshnish point (ST & LS)
Barnacle Goose: 50+ ‘S over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Pink-footed Goose: 12 ‘SW over Port Haunn’ (ST & LS)
Kittiwake: 1500+ feeding between Treshnish Point & Treshnish Isles (ST & LS)
Tawny Owl: 1 heard as usual at Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 17
Manx Shearwater: 1 ‘S’ (ST & LS)
Hen Harrier: 1 ‘ring-tail’ near Treshnish cow-barn
Whooper Swan: 7 ‘S’ (ST & LS)
White-tailed Eagle: 1 adult at Calgary (ST & LS)
Golden Eagle: 1 at Loch Frisa (ST & LS)
Greenshank: 8 at Dervaig (ST & LS)
Long-tailed Tit: 40+ by Treshnish House
Twite: 5 at Haunn (ST & LS)
October 18
Golden Eagle: 2 on Cruachan Treshnish and at Haunn
Mistle Thrush: 6 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 20
Golden Eagle: 2 above Treshnish House and sky-diving over Treshnish wood and at the same time 2 above Ensay
Short-eared Owl: 1 near Reudle Schoolhouse bog
Tawny Owl: 1 heard as usual at Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Goose sp: 3 skeins of about 25 each flying southwest over Cruachan Treshnish
October 21
Golden Eagle: 2 hunting around Haunn
Goose sp: 3 skeins of about 25 each flying south over Treshnish
October 22
Irish Mountain Hare: 1 to west of Treshnish boathouse
Goose sp: 2 small flocks of 6 & 2 flying south
October 23
Irish Mountain Hare: 3 at Ensay Burn mouth and 1 below Treshnish House
October 24
[Black-headed Gull: 1 or 2 beside Treshnish House (no binoculars)]
October 28
Golden Eagle: 2 above road between Ensay & Calgary and about 30m later 2 above Treshnish wood
Curlew: 15 at Calgary beach
Redwing: 4+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse, 10 by cattle-grid at Ensay Burn
Mistle Thrush: 1 by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 29
Fieldfare: 45+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
October 30
Golden Eagle: 2 calling by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
Buzzard: 10 above Treshnish wood
October 31
Golden Eagle: 2 all day around Treshnish cottages
Long-tailed Tit: 10+ by Treshnish Old Schoolhouse
