Welcome to this Blog. Birding on Arran is interesting at any time of the year. Recent sightings and interesting items will be added on a regular basis.
View Article  Over Wintering Blackcaps
This month there have been several reports of Blackcaps visiting gardens in Arran   more »
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View Article  Black Redstart
On Tuesday 3 November two Black Redstarts were reported in Lamlash   more »
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View Article  Black Grouse
On Saturday 31 October the Arran Black Grouse Group released forty two Black Grouse in an appropriate location   more »
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View Article  Goldeneye
On Monday 12 October a Goldeneye was photographed in a lochan above Whiting Bay..   more »
View Article  Redwing
Two Redwings in High Kildonan on Saturday 10 October   more »
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View Article  Whooper Swans
On Thursday 8 October Whooper Swans were seen over Kilmory   more »
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View Article  Grey Plover
On 6 October a Grey Plover was on Blackwaterfoot shore   more »
View Article  Snow Bunting
On Monday 5 October Snow Bunting was reported on Beinn Bhreac.   more »
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View Article  Little Grebe
On Saturday 3 October two Little Grebes were fishing in Loch Ranza.   more »
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View Article  Kingfisher
In September there have been three reports of Kingfisher on Arran   more »
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View Article  Brent Goose
On Wednesday 23 September two Brent Geese were seen at Kildonan.   more »
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View Article  Kittiwake
On Sunday 20 September around one thousand five hundred Kittiwake were in Whiting Bay   more »
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View Article  Bar-tailed Godwit
First Bar-tailed Godwit of the year in Kildonan   more »
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View Article  Knot
Knot at this time are on their migration south from their breeding grounds in the Arctic Tundra.   more »
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View Article  All three divers
On the morning of Friday 18 September all three divers were seen from the west coast of Arran.   more »
View Article  Wheatear Passage
Four recent reports of Wheatear would suggest that that this species is currently pasing through   more »
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View Article  Sooty Shearwater off Arran
Two reports of Sooty Shearwater in Arran waters   more »
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View Article  Rook
On Friday 4 September two Rooks were in a field in the Shiskine Valley   more »
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View Article  Swift
A single Swift was reported over Dippen on Thursday 3 September   more »
View Article  Sabine's Gull
On Thursday 3 September an adult Sabine's Gull was reported in Arran waters.   more »
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View Article  Cory's Shearwater
On Thursday 3 September a Cory's Shearwater was reported in Arran waters   more »
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View Article  Golden Plover
On Tuesday 1 September there were forty three Golden Plover at Machriewaterfoot   more »
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View Article  Goldfinch
On Thursday 27 August a group Goldfinch were on Cleat shore.   more »
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View Article  Kittiwake and Sandwich Tern
On Thursday 27 August a single Sandwich Tern and around two hundred Kittiwake were in Whiting Bay....   more »
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View Article  Great Skua
On Thursday 27 August a Great Skua was in Brodick Bay.   more »
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View Article  White Wagtail
On Tuesday 25 August a White Wagtail was reported on Kildonan shore.   more »
View Article  Sanderling and some other shore birds
Two Sanderling on the west coast of Arran   more »
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View Article  Fieldfares
On Friday 21 August a flock of around twenty Fieldfare was reported ....... This exceptionally early record does have a precedent   more »
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View Article  Wigeon, Goosander and Teal
On 19 August a single Wigeon, a single Goosander, over seventy Teal and a similar number of Mallard were on Kilpatrick Point   more »
View Article  Greenshank and Whimbrel
On 19 August a single Greenshank and two Whimbrel were on Kilpatrick Point   more »
View Article  Immature White-tailed Eagle
A visitor to the island reported an immature White-tailed Eagle on the afternoon of Friday 7 August between Pirnmill and Catacol. The observer said "As it flew straight down the coast line towards me, it took a sharp right turn and headed out to sea and kept going until it reached Kintyre. Even over there it still looked huge through the scope."

This is the second report this year. The first being an adult flying low from the north west at Auchencar Farm on 27 April.

The last report in 2008 was one fishing in Lochranza on 13 May.

Most sightings of this species are from the west coast.
View Article  Juvenile Cuckoo
A juvenile Cuckoo was at Drumadoon on Friday 7 August.   more »
View Article  Greenshank
On Thursday 30 July a Greenshank was reported on Clauchlands shore. This is the same area that one over-wintered in 2008.    more »
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View Article  Common Scoter
On Thursday 30 July 2009 a pair of Common Scoter was seen on the sea in Machrie Bay from the pull in area on the shore side of the road north of the Machrie Tearoom.

This is is first report in 2009 of this sea duck.

Interestingly in 2008 on Saturday 26 July and again on Tuesday 29 July a male Common Scoter was seen in the same area.

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View Article  Arctic Skua
Report of a dark phase Arctic Skua seen from the ferry "Caledonian Isles" approaching Brodick on the afternoon of Thursday 30 July   more »
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View Article  Puffin on Pladda
On Wednesday 29 July a single Puffin was on Pladda.   more »
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View Article  Great Spotted Woodpecker on Arran
On Saturday 18 July a fledged young Great Spotted Woodpecker visited a garden in Pirnmill with an adult bird. This is the first confirmed breeding record for this species in this area.   more »