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Recent records

The records that appear below are unchecked reports. In the case of rare species, their inclusion here does not imply acceptance by a rarities committee. An archive of previous months can be found here

Please submit any notable records to the Moray & Nairn Bird Recorder via e-mail (martin.cook99@btinternet.com) or use the Contact page on this website.

2/11/2025 (13:30)  Waxwing  11  Forres (Grantown Road opposite children’s play area)  Richard Somers Cocks

Waxwings, Forres 2 November 2025 (Richard Somers Cocks)
2/11/2025 (11:00)  Fieldfare  22,  Redwing  18  Middlefield Farm (near Findhorn Bay NJ035600)  Richard Somers Cocks

Fieldfare and Redwing, Middlefield 2 November 2025 (Richard Somers Cocks)
2/11/2025 (11:00)  Little Egret  1  Findhorn Bay (mouth of Mosset Burn)  Richard Somers Cocks
2/11/2025 (09:50)  Waxwing  11  Forres (Grantown Road opposite children’s play area)  Allan Lawrence,  Graham & Sue Larrington

Waxwings, Forres 2 November (Graham Larrington)
2/11/2025 (07:25-09:25)  Little Gull  1 (adult),  Kittiwake  11,  Gannet  17,  Razorbill  37,  Guillemot  9,  Black Guillemot  8,  Red-throated Diver  3,  Long-tailed Duck  48,  Common Scoter  14,  Eider  33,  Teal  1,  Goldeneye  1,  Red-breasted Merganser  1,  Bar-tailed Godwit  3,  Purple Sandpiper  2,  Meadow Pipit  2  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
2/11/2025  Whooper Swan  c.90  Dipple (NJ 3257, east side of B9015 at Orbliston turn off)  Keith Paterson
2/11/2025 (early am)  Long-tailed Duck  3  Loch Spynie  Henry Farquhar, Alex Coull
2/11/2025 (09:10)  Little Egret  1  Findhorn Bay (south side)  Graham & Sue Larrington
1/11/2025  Bar-tailed Godwit  c.20,  Knot  c.20  Burghead (west beach)  Gav Troon
1/11/2025  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Scaup  1,  Gadwall  8,  Whooper Swan  34,  Mute Swan  58  Loch Spynie  Alan MacAskill,  Blair Whyte
1/11/2025  Bar-tailed Godwit  7,  Ringed Plover  22,  Goosander  5,  Twite  14  Lossie estuary  Alan MacAskill, Blair Whyte
1/11/2025  Swallow  1,  Purple Sandpiper  2  Lossiemouth harbour  Alan MacAskill, Blair Whyte
1/11/2025  Little Egret  1,  Kingfisher  1  Findhorn Bay (mouth of Mosset Burn)  Alan MacAskill, Blair Whyte
1/11/2025 (11:15)  Swallow  1  Clochan (NJ4060)  Martin & Jenny Cook
1/11/2025 (07:30-09:30)  Long-tailed Skua  1 (1CY),  Manx Shearwater  1,  Gannet  55,  Kittiwake  111,  Little Auk  3,  Black Guillemot  50,  Razorbill  678,  Guillemot  82,  Slavonian Grebe  1,  Great Northern Diver  2,  Red-throated Diver  3,  Scaup  3,  Long-tailed Duck  61,  Common Scoter  14,  Velvet Scoter  1,  Wigeon  403,  Teal  11,  Eider  28,  Goldeneye  1,  Pink-footed Goose  190,  Meadow Pipit  4,  Fieldfare  4  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
1/11/2025 (08:50)  Whooper Swan  27  Salterhill (NJ205668)  Graham & Sue Larrington
31/10/2025  Waxwing  5  Forres  Jan Burgess
31/10/2025 (12:00-12:25)  White-tailed Eagle  1,  Lapwing  c.30  Findhorn Bay (west of Netherton)  Mark Jackson
31/10/2025  Whooper Swan  2,  Goosander  44,  Wigeon  131,  Tufted Duck  9,  Little Grebe  7  Loch Oire  Richard Somers Cocks, Tom Dewick
31/10/2025 (11:30)  Long-tailed Duck  1,  Pintail  1,  Goldeneye  3,  Mallard  102, Teal  29  Lossie Forest gravel pit  Martin Cook
31/10/2025 (10:00)  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Little Grebe  13  Nether Dallachy pool  Martin Cook
31/10/2025 (09:30)  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Red-breasted Merganser  5,  Goosander  2,  Goldeneye  8,  Redshank  16,  Cormorant  17  Spey estuary  Martin Cook
30/10/2025  Twite  35 (minimum),  Red-throated Diver  18 offshore  Carse of Delnies  Dave Pullan
30/10/2025 (09:00-10:00)  Bearded Tit  3,  Scaup  2,  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Goldeneye  5,  Tufted Duck  58  Loch Spynie  Richard Somers Cocks

Bearded Tits and Scaup (with white at base of bill) with Tufted Ducks, Loch Spynie 30 October 2025 (Richard Somers Cocks)
30/10/2025 (10:00-14:00)  Slavonian Grebe  1  Buckie (in the harbour)  Andy Lawson, Martin Cook

Slavonian Grebe, Buckie 30 October 2025 (Andy Lawson)
29/10/2025 (13:55-14:55)  Bar-tailed Godwit  29,  Ringed Plover  31,  Sanderling  2,  Dunlin  18  Lossie estuary  Graham & Sue Larrington
29/10/2025  Raven  2  Glen of Rothes (at Trout Fishery)  David Main
29/10/2025 (13:50)  Peregrine  1  Darnaway (near Feddan)  Mark Jackson
28/10/2025  Red-breasted Merganser  1  Loch Spynie  Stewart McBrian
28/10/2025 (am)  Goldcrest  6,  Chiffchaff  1,  Bullfinch  5,  Long-tailed Tit  18  Portknockie (along old railway line)  Lenny Simpson
28/10/2025 (am)  Waxwing  2  Elgin (Hamilton Drive)  Frank Antley
27/10/2025 (late pm)  Long-tailed Duck  1  Loch Spynie  Sylvia Brennan
27/10/2025  Redwing  40  Rothes (by the Spey)  Ian McDonald
27/10/2025 (10:30)  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Goldeneye  2,  Tufted Duck  6,  Teal  24,  Little Grebe  13  Nether Dallachy pool  Martin Cook

Long-tailed Duck, Nether Dallachy pool 27 October 2025 (Martin Cook)
27/10/2025 (09:00)  Blackcap  1,  Redwing  1  Inverugie  Sue & Graham Larrington
26/10/2025 (16:15)  Glaucous Gull  1  Burghead Bay  per Birdguides
26/10/2025 (16:00)  Grey Partridge  2  Nether Dallachy turn-off from the B9104  Keith Paterson
26/10/2025 (15:30)  Whooper Swan  5  Spey estuary  Keith Paterson
26/10/2025 (07:00-10:00)  Scaup  2,  Gadwall  9,  Goldeneye  5,  Goosander  12,  Tufted Duck  40,  Whooper Swan  19,  Mute Swan  45,  Coot  3,  Water Rail  1,  Little Grebe  4  Loch Spynie  Graham & Sue Larrington, Henry Farquhar

Scaup, Loch Spynie 26 October 2025 (Graham Larrington)
26/10/2025 (12:00)  Greenfinch  c.50,  Goldfinch  c.30  Lossiemouth (on rose hips at Station Park)  Graham & Sue Larrington

Greenfinch, Lossiemouth 26 October 2025 (Graham Larrington)
26/10/2025 (07:25-08:25)  Gannet  153,  Razorbill  22,  Guillemot  6,  Kittiwake  6,  Great Northern Diver  10,  Red-throated Diver  3,  Long-tailed Duck  116,  Common Scoter  7  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
25/10/2025 (16:40)  Long-tailed Duck  1,  Redshank  38  Portgordon harbour  Keith Paterson
25/10/2025 (16:00)  Whooper Swan  8  Spey estuary (circled and flew west)  Keith Paterson
25/10/2025 (pm)  Red Kite  3,  Raven  1,  Redwing  1  below Pitchroy  Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
25/10/2025 (mid am)  Snow Bunting  5  Lossiemouth east beach  Duncan Gibson
25/10/2025 (08:50-09:50)  Sabine’s Gull  1 (1CY),  Little Auk  1,  Little Gull  1 (1CY),  Gannet  194,  Razorbill  95,  Guillemot  16,  Kittiwake  1,  Great Northern Diver  1,  Red-throated Diver  1,  Common Scoter  10,  Long-tailed Duck  39,  Goosander  2,  Eider  5,  Turnstone  9  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
24/10/2025 (12:30)  Greenfinch  c.50  Portknockie (on rose hips near Bow Fiddle Rock car park)  Graham & Sue Larrington
23/10/2025 (am)  Little Gull  1 (adult),  Purple Sandpiper  3  Lossiemouth west beach (near the car park)  Andrew McIntosh

Little Gull, Lossiemouth 23 October 2025 (Andrew McIntosh)
23/10/2025  Great Crested Grebe  1  Loch Spynie  Stewart McBrian
23/10/2025 (13:00)  Short-eared Owl  1  Portknockie (heading west towards the cemetery)  Lenny Simpson
23/10/2023  Goldcrest  7  Portknockie (along old railway line near bowling green)  Lenny Simpson
23/10/2025 (12:55)  Kingfisher  2,  Peregrine  1  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
22/10/2025 (pm)  Raven  2,  crossbill sp.  24  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
22/10/2025 (08:03)  Whooper Swan  13  Delnies  Mark Jackson
22/10/2025 (pm)  Snow Bunting  3  Nairn harbour  Barrie Marshall
22/10/2025 (09:30-11:00)  Razorbill  878,  Guillemot  4,  Eider  37,  Whooper Swan  8,  Red-throated Diver  6,  Bar-tailed Godwit  c.50,  Oystercatcher  39  past Burghead maltings  Graham & Sue Larrington
22/10/2025 (10:30)  Raven  1  over Lossiemouth  Chris Thomas
21/10/2025 (09:09)  Peregrine  1  Findhorn Bay (mouth of Mosset Burn)  Mark Jackson
21/10/2025  (16:55)  Glaucous Gull  1 (adult)  Lossiemouth (flew west)  Henry Farquhar
21/10/2025 (am)  Snow Bunting  4 (on beach west of the harbour),  Long-tailed Duck  7  Nairn  Katherine Lee

Snow Bunting, Nairn 21 October 2025 (Katherine Lee)
21/10/2025 (am)  Blackcap  1,  Chiffchaff  1  Bogside (near Rathven NJ4564)  Clive Pell
20/10/2025  Fieldfare  60+  Auchnahyle (Glen Avon)  Malcolm Garden
20/10/2025 (15:00)  Great White Egret  2  Loch Spynie  Dafydd Rhys Walters

Great White Egrets, Loch Spynie 20 October 2025 (Dafydd Rhys Walters)
20/10/2025  Ring Ouzel  1  Inchrory (Glen Avon)  Malcolm Garden

Ring Ouzel, Inchrory 20 October 2025 (Malcolm Garden)
20/10/2025 (16:30)  Black-tailed Godwit  2,  Canada Goose  5  Spey estuary  Martin Cook
20/10/2025 (15:30)  Little Grebe  13,  Goldeneye  5,  Tufted Duck  6  Nether Dallachy pool  Martin Cook
20/10/2025 (14:30)  Blackcap  2,  Goldcrest  2  Portknockie (along old railway line near bowling green)  Martin Cook

Goldcrest, Portknockie 20 October 2025 (Martin Cook)
20/10/2025  Snow Bunting  3  Nairn east beach  Alan Watt
20/10/2025 (am)  Little Gull  1  Lossiemouth (at the river mouth)  Allan Lawrence
19/10/2025 (10:00-11:00)  Eider  108,  Bar-tailed Godwit  67,  Oystercatcher  54,  Redshank  16,  Turnstone  47  Burghead (point to the maltings)  Graham & Sue Larrington
19/10/2025 (am)  Bar-tailed Godwit  24,  Oystercatcher  77  Lossie estuary  Bob Proctor
19/10/2025 (08:25-09:25)  Manx Shearwater  3,  Gannet  12,  Razorbill  737,  Guillemot  310,  Black Guillemot  2,  Kittiwake  1,  Great Northern Diver  2,  Red-throated Diver  1,  Common Scoter  20,  Long-tailed Duck  6,  Fieldfare  1  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
18/10/2025  Kingfisher  1  Spey estuary (west side)  Jim Craib
18/10/2025  Red Kite  5,  Hen Harrier  1,  Raven  3  Cabrach  Jim Craib
18/10/2025 (pm)  Redwing  14  Oxhill (NJ4059)  David Law
18/10/2025 (15:00-16:00)  Red-throated Diver  14  Spey Bay (off Tugnet)  Keith Paterson
18/10/2025 (15:00-16:00)  Whooper Swan  2,  Goldeneye  6,  Snipe  4  Spey estuary (east side)  Keith Paterson
18/10/2025 (07:22)  Grey Partridge  13  Delnies  Mark Jackson
18/10/2025 (07:15-10:00)  Pink-footed Goose  c.4,200,  Greylag Goose  c.200,  Canada Goose  5,  Whooper Swan  c.200,  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Water Rail  3,  Fieldfare  7,  Redwing  5  Loch Spynie  David Law
18/10/2025 (early am)  Pink-footed Goose  8,700  Findhorn Bay  Mike Crutch
17/10/2025  Kingfisher  1  Loch Spynie  Stewart Mc Brian
17/10/2025 (09:20-09:50)  Gannet  221,  Long-tailed Duck  48,  Eider  12,  Red-throated Diver  1  Lossiemouth (off the harbour)  Graham & Sue Larrington
17/10/2025 (am)  Whooper Swan  3  Findhorn Bay  Mike Crutch
16/10/2025 (10:50)  Sabine’s Gull  1  Lossiemouth (feeding with Black-headed Gulls off the harbour)  Kevin Cuthbert
15/10/2025 (16:40)  Grey Partridge  7  Bogmoor (just west)  David Law
15/10/2025 (15:00)  Herring Gull  c.2,600,  Great Black-backed Gull  181,  Common Gull  480  Spey estuary  David Law
15/10/2025 (13:30)  Black-tailed Godwit  1  Spey estuary (west side)  Raymond Shewan
15/10/2025  Raven  2  Teindland  Al Young
15/10/2025  Chiffchaff  1  Inchberry  Al Young
14/10/2025 (09:00)  crossbill sp.  30  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
14/10/2025  Osprey  1  Darnaway (near the Castle)  Euan Tomes
14/10/2025  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Whooper Swan  10  Loch Spynie  Allan Lawrence
13/10/2025 (23:30)  Barn Owl  1  Orton  David Main
13/10/2025 (15:00)  Little Grebe  9  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
13/10/2025 (16:30-17:00)  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Gadwall  9,  Shoveler  1,  Goldeneye  2  Loch Spynie  Martin Cook
13/10/2025 (15:30-16:00)  Red-throated Diver  15,  Common Scoter  122,  Eider  8  Spey Bay (Boar’s Head Rock area)  Martin Cook
13/10/2025 (15:45)  Fieldfare  2  Loch Spynie  Colin Little

Fieldfare, Loch Spynie 13 October 2025 (Colin Little)
13/10/2025 (14:00)  Black-tailed Godwit  1,  Lapwing  77,  Curlew  134,  Whooper Swan  8,  Greylag Goose  1,  Canada Goose  5,  Goldeneye  2,  Kingfisher  1  Spey estuary (west side)  Raymond Shewan
13/10/2025 (11:45-14:20)  Gadwall  17,  Wigeon  63,  Teal  23,  Mallard  60,  Little Grebe  9,  Moorhen  c.40,  Lapwing  387,  Pink-footed Goose  c.600 (flew east)  Cloddach quarry  Graham & Sue Larrington
13/10/2025 (09:40-12:30)  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Little Grebe  5,  Whooper Swan  121,  Mute Swan  34,  Goosander  6,  Tufted Duck  39,  Water Rail  1,  Marsh Harrier  1 (juvenile),  Bearded Tit  1+ (heard only)  Loch Spynie  David Law

Marsh Harrier, Loch Spynie 13 October 2025 (David Law)
13/10/2025 (08:50)  Merlin  1  Inverugie  Sue & Graham Larrington
12/10/2025 (pm)  Snow Bunting  6  Lossiemouth east beach  Mark Ranner

Snow Bunting, Lossiemouth 12 October 2025 (Mark Ranner)  
12/10/2025  Wigeon  507,  Teal  201,  Greylag Goose  70,  Bar-tailed Godwit  25,  Curlew  60  Lossie estuary  Bob Proctor
12/10/2025  Red-throated Diver  1,  Cormorant  108,  Shag  31,  Eider  61,  Common Scoter  7,  Purple Sandpiper  34,  Turnstone  20  Lossiemouth coast  Bob Proctor
12/10/2025  Slavonian Grebe  1,  Black-throated Diver  2,  Red-throated Diver  3,  Eider  35,  Common Scoter  14,  Velvet Scoter  1,  Long-tailed Duck  5  Burghead Bay  Paulo Bessa
12/10/2025  Red-throated Diver  2,  Eider  37,  Ringed Plover  37,  Knot  99,  Bar-tailed Godwit  37,  Turnstone  88  Burghead-Hopeman  Bill Taylor
12/10/2025  Black-throated Diver  1,  Red-throated Diver  5,  Common Scoter  26,  Velvet Scoter  1,  Long-tailed Duck  6,  Red-breasted Merganser  22,  Sanderling  39,  Bar-tailed Godwit  144  Nairn Bar  Graeme Prest
12/10/2025  Red-throated Diver  3,  Wigeon  501,  Oystercatcher  916,  Ringed Plover  94,  Grey Plover  2,  Sanderling  132,  Bar-tailed Godwit  51,  Curlew  142  Culbin Bar  Al Young
12/10/2025  Teal  51,  Jack Snipe  1,  Snipe  5  Kingsteps  Graeme Prest
12/10/2025  Shelduck  103,  Wigeon  1,013,  Teal  93,  Pintail  133,  Shoveler  6,  Goosander  17,  Golden Plover  81,  Oystercatcher  945,  Curlew  178,  Redshank  715  Findhorn Bay  Graham & Sue Larrington,  Henry Farquhar
12/10/2025 (16:05)  Osprey  1  Findhorn Bay  Allan Lawrence
12/10/2025 (12:00)  Knot  c.400,  Bar-tailed Godwit  144,  Red-throated Diver  2  Burghead (north shore)  Kevin Cuthbert

Knot [left] and Bar-tailed Godwits, Burghead 12 October 2025 (Kevin Cuthbert)
12/10/2025 (10:30)  Red-throated Diver  8,  Common Scoter  9,  Long-tailed Duck  1  Spey Bay (off Tugnet)  Martin Cook
12/10/2025 (10:00)  Curlew  160,  Lapwing  66,  Turnstone  32,  Canada Goose  5  Spey estuary  Martin Cook
12/10/2025 (09:30)  Osprey  1  Findhorn (by the boatyard)  Sue & Graham Larrington, Henry Farquhar
12/10/2025 (07:50-08:50)  Sooty Shearwater  2,  Arctic Skua  1,  Gannet  82,  Black Guillemot  12,  Razorbill  313,  Guillemot  25,  Kittiwake  2,  Great Northern Diver  9,  Red-throated Diver  1,  Common Scoter  5,  Bar-tailed Godwit  1  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
11/10/2025 (11:00)  Swallow  1  Tugnet (Speymouth)  Keith Paterson
11/10/2025 (07:55-08:55)  Gannet  217,  Kittiwake  5,  Guillemot  15,  Razorbill  100,  Black Guillemot  19,  Puffin  1,  Red-throated Diver  1,  Barnacle Goose  7,  Common Scoter  12,  Velvet Scoter  1,  Long-tailed Duck  2  past Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
10/10/2025 (15:30)  Raven  2  Findhorn Bay (flew west to the south of Culbin Forest)  Mark Jackson
10/10/25  Osprey  1,  crossbill sp.  15  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
10/10/2025  Curlew Sandpiper  1,  Peregrine  1  Lossie estuary  Kevin Cuthbert
10/10/2025 (07:40-15:30)  Great Crested Grebe  1,  Bearded Tit  12  Loch Spynie  Kevin Cuthbert

Great Crested Grebe, Loch Spynie 10 October 2025 (Kevin Cuthbert)
8/10/2025 (07:50)  White-tailed Eagle  1  Findhorn Bay  Pat Douglass
8/10/2025 (15:00)  crossbill sp.  30  River Findhorn (close to the river’s entry to Findhorn Bay)  Mark Jackson
8/10/2025 (10:46)  Curlew Sandpiper  1  Lossie estuary  per Birdguides
8/10/2025 (13:00-13:30)  Red-breasted Merganser  27,  Eider  19,  Common Scoter  95,  Red-throated Diver  2  Burghead Bay  Graham & Sue Larrington
8/10/2025 (10:25)  Swallow  2  RAF Lossiemouth  Allan Lawrence
7/10/2025 (17:00)  Whooper Swan  6  Spey estuary (east side)  Keith Paterson
7/10/2025 (11:00)  Goldeneye  7,  Wheatear  2  Spey estuary (east side)  Keith Paterson
7/10/2025  Grey Partridge  8  Netherton (Findhorn Bay)  Richard Thaxton
6/10/2025  Whooper Swan  12  Hopeman-Cummingston (flew in off Moray Firth)  Pete Graham
6/10/2025  Crested Tit  1  Miltonduff woods  Chrissie Kelly
6/10/2025  Whooper Swan  40  Loch Spynie  Pamela Hay
6/10/2025  Whooper Swan  5  Nether Dallachy pools  Gav Troon
6/10/2025 (12:26)  Goshawk  1  Forres (over A 96 at River Findhorn bridge)  Mark Jackson
6/10/2025  Swallow  1  Lethen (NH9351)  Jack Harrison
6/10/2025  Barnacle Goose  6,  Whooper Swan  14,  Pintail  48,  Ruff  1,  Black-tailed Godwit  3,  Redshank  1,000+  Findhorn  Bay  Alan MacAskill
6/10/2025 (11:35)  Whooper Swan  16 (west)  Burghead Bay  Graham & Sue Larrington
6/10/2025 (11:10)  Whooper Swan  21 (5 & 16)  Duffus Castle  Allan Lawrence
6/10/2025 (09:00-10:00)  Surf Scoter  1 (male), Velvet Scoter  5,  Black-throated Diver  1,  Bar-tailed Godwit  3,  Eider  10,  Gannet  113,  Meadow Pipit  numerous arrivals  Burghead Bay  Graham & Sue Larrington
6/10/2025 (07:30-08:30)  Pink-footed Goose  21,800,  Whooper Swan  35  Findhorn Bay  Richard Somers Cocks
5/10/2025  Brent Goose  2  Findhorn Bay (mouth of Mosset Burn)  John Henderson
5/10/2025  Wood Sandpiper  1,  Greenshank  2,  Linnet  140  Easter Bauds Farm  Alastair Young
5/10/2025 (15:30-17:30)  Surf Scoter  1 (male flew west),  Sooty Shearwater  3,  Great Northern Diver  1,  Red-throated Diver  1,  Long-tailed Duck  2,  Common Scoter  5,  Scaup  5,  Gannet  778,  Guillemot  7,  Razorbill  83,  Kittiwake  26,  Whooper Swan  4,  Wigeon  40,  Red-breasted Merganser  4,  Knot  1,  Turnstone  11,  Purple Sandpiper  7  passed Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
5/10/2025  Gadwall  3,  Barnacle Goose  4  west Nairn  Dave Pullan
5/10/2025 (12:00)  Green Sandpiper  1  Findhorn Bay (south)  Graham & Sue Larrington
5/10/2025 (10:00)  Whooper Swan  50,  Barnacle Goose  9  Findhorn Bay (south)  Graham & Sue Larrington
5/10/2025  Bar-tailed Godwit 23,  Teal  107,  Wigeon  215  Lossie estuary  Bob Proctor
5/10/2025 (08:05-09:05)  Barnacle Goose  80,  Pink-footed Goose  21,  Scaup  12,  Common Scoter  6,  Pintail  2,  Wigeon  25,  Teal  2,  Eider  54,  Great Northern Diver  1,  Red-throated Diver  3,  Gannet  250,  Razorbill  20,  Guillemot  5,  Kittiwake  2,  Bar-tailed Godwit  2,  Knot  1  passed Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
4/10/2025  Arctic Tern  2,  Sandwich Tern  Nairn  Dave Pullan
4/10/2025 (16:35-17:35)  Gannet  82,  Guillemot  1,  Kittiwake  1,  Red-breasted Merganser  1  passed Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
4/10/2025 (08:10-09:10)  Little Gull  1 (adult),  Common Scoter  3,  Gannet  213,  Razorbill  237,  Guillemot  36,  Kittiwake  8,  Turnstone  32,  Purple Sandpiper  25  passed Lossiemouth  Bob Proctor
3/10/2025  Crested Tit  1  Miltonduff woods  Chrissie Kelly
3/10/2025 (08:30-11:30)  Green Sandpiper  1,  Barnacle Goose  c.40,  Peregrine  1  Findhorn Bay (Mosset Burn & rifle butts)  Kevin Cuthbert
2/10/2025 (14:30)  Greenshank  2  Mosset Burn (Findhorn Bay)  Graham & Sue Larrington
2/10/2025 (14:00)  Black-tailed Godwit  1  Spey estuary (west side)  Raymond Shewan
2/10/2025 (morning)  Crossbill sp.  21 (flying over)  Speymouth Woods  David Law
2/10/2025 (morning)  Barnacle Goose  130 (west),  Goldeneye  6,  Lapwing  40,  Curlew  133,  Turnstone  23,  Linnet  c.100  Spey estuary (east side)  David Law
2/10/2025  (morning)  Common Scoter  27,  Red-throated Diver  6,  Red-breasted Merganser  5  Spey Bay (off Tugnet)  David Law
2/10/2025 (morning)  Chiffchaff  1 (singing)  Clashdhu (NJ0353)  Mike Crutch
2/10/2025 (11:45)  Barnacle Goose  c.84,  Pink-footed Goose  c.7,000  Inchbroom (NJ256664)  Graham & Sue Larrington
2/10/2025 (08:45-09:25)  Purple Sandpiper  35,  Turnstone  23,  Razorbill  17,  Guillemot  138,  Eider  8  Lossiemouth harbour  Graham & Sue Larrington
1/10/2025  Goshawk  1 (juvenile)  Loch Spynie  Rob Debenham
1/10/2025 (14:00)  Green Sandpiper  1  Findhorn Bay (Mosset Burn mouth)  Richard Somers Cocks

Green Sandpiper,  Findhorn Bay 1 October 2025 (Richard Somers Cocks)
1/10/2025  Black-tailed Godwit  1,  Little Gull  1,  Greylag Goose  7  Lossie estuary  David Main
1/10/2025  Wheatear  1 (female) on rocks  Lossiemouth harbour  Allan Lawrence



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Sidebar

Moray Bird Club (the Moray branch of SOC)

Moray Bird Club’s winter programme is now available to view on the Moray Bird Club – News and Events page.

A report on the recent outing to Lossiemouth can be read here: Club outing, Lossiemouth 11 October 2025

 

Birds in Moray & Nairn 2022

The report on birds in Moray & Nairn in 2022 can now be found here:
Birds in Moray & Nairn 2022

Alternatively, look under ‘Bird Reports’ for this and previous editions

The Birds of Moray & Nairn

Thirty years on from the first book, the new edition of The Birds of Moray & Nairn has now been published. Look under ‘Publications’ – ‘The Birds of Moray & Nairn’ for more information and sample pages.

AGE CATEGORIES OF GULLS


Glaucous Gull [2CY], Lossie estuary March 2019 (David Main)

For example, such as the Glaucous Gull pictured above:
From hatching in June 2018 until 31 December 2018 = 1st calendar year (or 1CY)
From 1 January 2019 until 31 December 2019 = 2nd calendar year (or 2CY), as pictured
and so on through 3CY [1 January 2020-31 December 2020] etc.
Birds with no sign of immaturity = adult

 

 

 


 

 

 

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