All the bird sighting records that have sent to the bird recorder for the Arran Natural History Society ( i.e. me) in the first six months of the year, have been put into Bird Atlas. As it is now over 15 years since the British Trust for Ornithology finished the fieldwork for the last breeding atlas and over 20 years since the last winter atlas, Bird Atlas 2007-11 hopes to provide up to date information on wintering and breeding birds throughout the UK. All Arran sightings reported  to me are contributing to this data for Arran.
 
On Arran a good start has been made. The attached map shows tetrads in which records have been submitted (blue=winter only; red=breeding only; black=both seasons). For more detail including detail on specific birds, click this link.
 
Please, keep those sightings coming in. Remember that I am not just interested in rare or unusual birds, but also where there are numbers of common birds and where there is evidence of birds breeding. Anything that is of interest to you will be of interest to me.