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.
On Saturday 31 October the Arran Black Grouse Group released forty two Black
Grouse in an appropriate location. In the released group there are thirty two
males and ten females. Five of each gender have been fitted with radio tracking
devices and a post graduate student from the University of Glasgow
is working with the Arran Black Grouse Group to monitor the movement of the
birds. This is part of on going work to try to re-establish a breeding population
of Black Grouse on the island. Please report all sightings of Black Grouse to
the Rangers Centre at BrodickCountryPark.
If you would like to make a financial donation to this very worthwhile
re-introduction programme, please visit this website http://arranblackgrouse.com/Donations.html
.