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
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27/11/2021 Snow Bunting 2 (just west), Redshank 55, Dunlin 18 (in the harbour) Portgordon David Law
27/11/2021 Black Guillemot 1 Burghead harbour Gordon Biggs
Black Guillemot, Burghead 27 November 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
27/11/2021 (early am) Little Auk 5 (flew east), Eider 950 (of which 476 flew east) Burghead Roy Dennis
27/11/2021 (08:20-09:20) Gannet 10, Long-tailed Duck 10, Common Scoter 8, Eider 180, Red-throated Diver 10, Great Northern Diver 2, Purple Sandpiper 6 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
25/11/2021 Brambling 1,000+ (NJ420255), Fieldfare 300+ (NJ411253) near Elrick (Cabrach) Robert Ince & Glenda George
Brambling, Elrick 25 November 2021 (Robert Ince)
25/11/2021 Whooper Swan 7 (flew over), Siskin 200+, Brambling 2 near Delnapot (NJ1737) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
25/11/2021 Great Skua 1 Burghead (flew west) Pete Gordon
25/11/2021 Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1, Stonechat 2 Burghead west beach Gordon Biggs
Brent Goose and Stonechats, Burghead 25 November 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
25/11/2021 King Eider 1 (male) Hopeman (still off harbour) per Birdguides
24/11/2021 King Eider 2 (adult male and 1CY male) Hopeman (off the harbour) Sue & Tim Sykes, Angus Murray
24/11/2021 Snow Bunting 12+ Lossiemouth (east beach dunes) Sue & Tim Sykes, Angus Murray
24/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 14 (just east of Buckpool harbour), Crossbill 5 (flew west over Buckie harbour) Buckie David Law
24/11/2021 Waxwing 26 (flew south-west), Hen Harrier 1 (male) Refouble (NH9540) Steve Broyd
24/11/2021 Snow Bunting 48 Lossiemouth airfield Allan Lawrence
24/11/2021 (pm) Whooper Swan 7, Goldeneye 5, Wigeon 300, Raven 1 (flew over) Cloddach quarry Martin & Jenny Cook
24/11/2021 Barnacle Goose 11 Loch Spynie (between old railway line and canal NJ235667) David Main
24/11/2021 (13:00) King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (north of harbour wall) per Birdguides
23/11/2021 Surf Scoter 2 (adult female, 2CY male) Spey Bay (Lossiemouth-Boar’s Head Rock) Mike Coleman
23/11/2021 Golden Plover 4 Ben Aigan Robert Ince
Golden Plovers, Ben Aigan 23 November 2021 (Robert Ince)
23/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male), Little Grebe 9 Loch na Bo Raymond Shewan
23/11/2021 Teal 4 Cragganmore (on River Spey) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
23/11/2021 Whooper Swan 6, Teal 7, Wigeon 11+ Loch Kirkaldy Mike Crutch
22/11/2021 Red Kite 1 over Carron Neil Sutherland & Carol armour
22/11/2021 Whooper Swan 1, Kingfisher 1, Bullfinch 9 Tamdhu/Blacksboat area Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
22/11/2021 Blackcap 1 near Maggieknockater Glenda George
Blackcap, near Maggieknockater 22 November 2021 (Glenda George)
21/11/2021 (15:30) Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Greylag Goose 1,100, Pink-footed Goose 800, Whooper Swan 27 Clochan area (NJ4060) Martin Cook
21/11/2021 (10:00-11:00) Gannet 70, Kittiwake 168, Razorbill 14, Guillemot 6, Red-throated Diver 5, Great Northern Diver 5, Common Scoter 7, Long-tailed Duck 6, Wigeon 11 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
21/11/2021 (early am) Pintail 535, Shelduck 136, Shoveler 5, Wigeon 645, Mallard 92, Pink-footed Goose 228, Black-tailed Godwit 16, Bar-tailed Godwit 33, Knot 320, Dunlin 840, Curlew 281 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
20/11/2021 Goldeneye 3, Goosander 1, Cormorant 1 Rothes (on River Spey) Ian McDonald
Goldeneye, Rothes 20 November 2021 (Ian McDonald)
20/11/2021 Black Scoter 1 (male) Spey Bay (still with scoter flock between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) per Birdguides
20/11/2021 Jay 2 Woodpark (Urquhart NJ2762) Raymond Shewan
20/11/2021 Red Kite 1, Pied Wagtail 1 Logie Steading area Paulo Bessa
20/11/2021 Kingfisher 1 Blacksboat Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
20/11/2021 Red Kite 2 Cragganmore Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
20/11/2021 (12:40-13:40) Pomarine Skua 6, Gannet 70, Kittiwake 486, Razorbill 20, Black Guillemot 25, Guillemot 5, Great Northern Diver 1, Long-tailed Duck 2, Common Scoter 3, Knot 1 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
20/11/2021 (08:35-09:35) Little Auk 1, Razorbill 16, Guillemot 2, Black Guillemot 4, Kittiwake 43, Red-throated Diver 8, Great Northern Diver 1, Long-tailed Duck 51, Common Scoter 51, Whooper Swan 2 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
20/11/2021 (10:30) Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Greylag Goose 700, Whooper Swan 54 Clochan (NJ4060) Martin & Jenny Cook
Snow Geese, Clochan 20 November 2021 (Martin Cook)
19/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 36 Cullen (roosting on the Kings NJ505674) David Law
Purple Sandpipers, Cullen 19 November 2021 (David Law)
19/11/2021 Whooper Swan 15, Gadwall 11, Shelduck 1, Goldeneye 6 Cloddach quarry Robert Potter
19/11/2021 (11:30-12:30) Little Auk 1 (flew past), Velvet Scoter 1, Great Northern Diver 1, Snow Bunting 7 (flew in off sea) Burghead point Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
19/11/2021 (10:15) Little Auk 1 Hopeman (off harbour wall to east of the harbour) Jack Harrison
Little Auk, Hopeman 19 November 2021 (Jack Harrison)
19/11/2021 Fieldfare 12, Redwing 55 Forres Enterprise Park (NJ0659) Richard Somers Cocks
Fieldfare and Redwing, Forres Enterprise Park 19 November 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
18/11/2021 Peregrine 1 Findhorn Bay Paulo Bessa
18/11/2021 (14:30) Red Kite 1 Loch Spynie Pamela Hay
Red Kite, Loch Spynie 18 November 2021 (Pamela Hay)
18/11/2021 Black Scoter 1 (male), Surf Scoter 2 (juveniles), Common Scoter 3050 (including male with all-yellow bill), Velvet Scoter 23, Eider 245, Long-tailed Duck 56, Goldeneye 2, Wigeon 2, Great Northern Diver 3, Red-throated Diver 9, Razorbill 11, Guillemot 1 Spey Bay (between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Richard Somers Cocks
Black Scoter [centre left], Surf Scoters [front two] and Great Northern Diver, Spey Bay 18 November 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
18/11/2021 Pintail 527, Shoveler 3, Shelduck 110, Black-tailed Godwit 3, Bar-tailed Godwit 33, Golden Plover 64, Ringed Plover 23 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
18/11/2021 Snow Bunting 6 Lossie estuary (on dunes opposite caravan site) Allan Lawrence
18/11/2021 (late am) King Eider 1 (adult male still off east beach), Snow Bunting 14 (flew over) Hopeman per Birdguides
18/11/2021 Swallow 1 Elgin (Pinefield area) Bob Proctor
18/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) still on Loch na Bo per Birdguides
17/11/2021 Woodcock 1 Elgin (The Wards) Robert Potter
17/11/2021 Snow Goose (white morph) 3 still at Loch Spynie Pamela Hay
17/11/2021 REPORTS ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Redwing, Knot [2])
17/11/2021 Whooper Swan 69 Clochan (just north, NJ 4061) Fiona McHugh
17/11/2021 Whooper Swan 12 Hopeman (flew west) Martin Toshney
17/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 5, Whooper Swan 3 Nairn (west beach) Andy Chapman
17/11/2021 (15:00) Black Scoter 1 (male), Common Scoter with all-yellow bill Spey Bay (in same area midway between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Peter Stronach
17/11/2021 (10:00-12:00) Surf Scoter 3 (2 juveniles, 1 adult female), Common Scoter with all-yellow bill, Velvet Scoter 28, Eider 270, Long-tailed Duck 160, Shelduck 5 (flew west) Spey Bay (midway between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Martin Cook, Peter Stronach
Female Surf Scoter, Spey Bay 17 November 2021 (Peter Stronach)
17/11/2021 (09:00) King Eider 1 (adult male) still at Hopeman (off east beach) per Birdguides
16/11/2021 Surf Scoter 1 (female) Spey Bay (east of Lossiemouth) Steve Duffield
16/11/2021 (11:30) Green-winged Teal 1 (male) still on Lossie estuary David Main
16/11/2021 (14:30) King Eider 1 (adult male) still at Hopeman (off the golf course) Blair Whyte
16/11/2021 (12:15) Black Scoter 1 Spey Bay (still between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Blair Whyte
16/11/2021 Sanderling 6, Ringed Plover 4 Hopeman east beach Jack Harrison
Sanderling, Ringed Plover and Oystercatcher, Hopeman 16 November 2021 (Jack Harrison)
16/11/2021 Kingfisher 1, Whooper Swan 1 (juvenile) Blacksboat (on River Spey) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
16/11/2021 (am) Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Goosander 19 Loch Spynie Alan Paterson
15/11/2021 (21:00) Barn Owl 1 Lhanbryde-Garmouth road David Main
15/11/2021 Swallow 1 Hopeman harbour Henry Farquhar et al.
15/11/2021 Fieldfare c.80 (including leucistic bird), Kestrel 2 Leids Hill (Cabrach NJ4126) Robert Ince, Glenda George
Leucistic Fieldfare, Cabrach 15 November 2021 (Robert Ince)
15/11/2021 (am) Sanderling 14, Purple Sandpiper 10 Hopeman east beach Graham & Sue Larrington
15/11/2021 Great Northern Diver 2 Spey Bay (east of Lossiemouth) George McCrae
15/11/2021 (10:00) Surf Scoter 2 (juveniles), Common Scoter 3,200, Velvet Scoter 30, Long-tailed Duck 150, Eider 60, Goldeneye 6, Red-throated Diver 3, Great Northern Diver 1, Razorbill 10 Spey Bay (between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Martin Cook
Surf Scoters, Spey Bay 15 November 2021 (Martin Cook)
15/11/2021 (13:15) Ring-necked Duck 1 (male), Long-tailed Duck 1 (juvenile), Tufted Duck 29, Goldeneye 6 Loch na Bo Martin Cook
Ring-necked Duck, Loch na Bo, 15 November 2021 (Martin Cook)
15/11/2021 King Eider 1 (adult male) 1-2 km east of Hopeman David Main, Robert Carberry, Graham & Sue Larrington, Ian McDonald
King Eider with Eiders, east of Hopeman 15 November 2021 (David Main [left], Graham Larrington)
15/11/2021 Red-throated Diver 11, Slavonian Grebe 1 (off west golf course), Long-tailed Duck c.350 (off harbour) Nairn Alan MacAskill, David Barnett
15/11/2021 Water Rail 1 Kingsteps (c.150 m east of Minister’s Pool) Alan MacAskill, David Barnett
15/11/2021 Bar-tailed Godwit 64, Knot 45, Long-tailed Duck 100+ Nairn Bar Alan MacAskill, David Barnett
15/11/2021 Scaup 2 (females) Loch Flemington Alan MacAskill, David Barnett
15/11/2021 Snow Bunting 1 Burghead Alison Ritchie
Snow Bunting, Burghead 15 November 2021 (Alison Ritchie)
15/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 4, Sanderling 4 Hopeman Alison Ritchie
15/11/2021 Fieldfare 1 Forres Enterprise Park Alison Ritchie
14/11/2021 Red-throated Diver 1 Lossie estuary Graham & Sue Larrington
14/11/2021 Barn Owl 1 Inverugie (NJ1568) Graham & Sue Larrington
14/11/2021 Kestrel 1 Findhorn (hunting over the beach) Helen Janousek
14/11/2021 Brambling c.10 Tomintoul Sabrina Burns
Bramblings, Tomintoul 14 November 2021 (Sabrina Burns)
14/11/2021 Long-tailed Duck 65, Red-breasted Merganser 6, Black Guillemot 3, Red-throated Diver 6 off Delnies Graeme Prest
14/11/2021 Bullfinch 14 (in one flock) Glenmulliach Forest (NJ1917) David Fogg
14/11/2021 Whooper Swan 4, Goldeneye 1 (female) Loch Kirkaldy Blair Whyte
14/11/2021 (09:00) Velvet Scoter c.24 Spey Bay (with the Common Scoter flock west of Boar’s Head Rock) Raymond Shewan
14/11/2021 (pm) Ringed Plover 16, Dunlin 10, Curlew 60, Pink-footed Goose 3,500 (flew west at dusk) Portgordon-Spey Bay David Law
14/11/2021 Red-throated Diver 1 Lossie estuary Jack Harrison
14/11/2021 REPORT ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Great Black-backed Gull)
14/11/2021 Snow Bunting 1 Burghead Lesley Morrison
14/11/2021 Whooper Swan 63 Clochan (NJ4060) Martin Cook
13/11/2021 King Eider 1 (immature male) Spey Bay (still west of Kingston) Jimmy Mair
13/11/2021 Barn Owl 1 Covesea Janet Trythall
13/11/2021 Cormorant 1 Rothes (on River Spey) Ian McDonald
Cormorant on River Spey at Rothes, 13 November 2021 (Ian McDonald)
13/11/2021 (15:30-16:30) Surf Scoter 2 (juveniles), Velvet Scoter 35+, probable Common Scoter with all-yellow bill Spey Bay (midway between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) Richard Somers Cocks
Velvet (in flight), Surf and probable aberrant Common Scoters, Spey Bay 13 November 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
13/11/2021 (15:30) Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Curlew 165 Windyridge (in fields east of old railway line NJ237672) Martin & Jenny Cook
13/11/2021 Great Crested Grebe 1, Goosander 19, Goldeneye 7, Cormorant 9 Loch Spynie Martin & Jenny Cook
13/11/2021 Snow Bunting 1 Burghead (at the point) per Birdguides
13/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 1, Stonechat 2 Lossiemouth (Beach Bar site) Moray Bird Club
13/11/2021 Red-throated Diver 1 Lossiemouth (in the west marina) Moray Bird Club
Red-throated Diver, Lossiemouth marina, 13 November 2021 (Graham Larrington)
13/11/2021 Pintail 1 (female), Slavonian Grebe 1 Lossie estuary Moray Bird Club
Pintail and Slavonian Grebe, Lossie estuary 13 November 2021 (Graham Larrington)
13/11/2021 (11:30) Black Scoter 1 (male), Surf Scoter 2 (juveniles), Velvet Scoter 20+ Spey Bay (midway between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock) per Birdguides
13/11/2021 King Eider 1 (adult male) still at Hopeman per Birdguides
13/11/2021 (07:50-08:50) Little Auk 5, Razorbill 153, Guillemot 39, Black Guillemot 2, Gannet 78, Kittiwake 8, Great Northern Diver 11, Red-throated Diver 3, Common Scoter 50, Long-tailed Duck 149, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Eider 6 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
13/11/2021 Grey Wagtail 1 Lossiemouth harbour Bob Proctor
12/11/2021 Black Guillemot 1 Tronach Head David Law
Black Guillemot, Tronach Head 12 November 2021 (David Law)
12/11/2021 Whooper Swan 69, Pink-footed Goose 410, Greylag Goose 200 Clochan (NJ4061) Martin Cook
12/11/2021 (early pm) Green-winged Teal 1 (male) still on Lossie estuary David Main, Allan Lawrence, Richard Somers Cocks
Green-winged Teal, Lossie estuary 12 November 2021 (David Main, Richard Somers Cocks)
12/11/2021 Grey Wagtail 1, Purple Sandpiper 1 (at headland), Velvet Scoter 3 (offshore) Burghead Allan Lawrence
12/11/2021 (11:30) Green-winged Teal 1 (male) Lossie estuary (halfway up on saltmarsh) Mark Warren
12/11/2021 (11:30) Waxwing 2 Elgin (on Covesea Road, Bishopmill) David Main
12/11/2021 (11:40) King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (still off the harbour) Raymond Shewan
12/11/2021 (09:00) Snow Goose (white morph) 3 Gordonsward (NJ253645) Bob Proctor)
12/11/2021 (07:40-08:40) Gannet 49, Kittiwake 6, Razorbill 33, Guillemot 2, Black Guillemot 2, Puffin 1, Common Scoter 15, Long-tailed Duck 74, Eider 35, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Red-throated Diver 2, Great Northern Diver 4, Turnstone 2, Purple Sandpiper 2, Black-headed Gull 53, Blackbird 1 (in off sea) past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
11/11/2021 Cormorant 1 Aberlour (on the Spey) Alan Edward
11/11/2021 (pm) Little Egret 1, Greylag Goose 164, Whooper Swan 11, Shoveler 3, Goldeneye 36, Teal 85, Black-tailed Godwit 27, Bar-tailed Godwit 26, Knot 795, Dunlin 1150, Golden Plover 174, Lapwing 198, Snipe 1 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
Little Egret, Findhorn Bay 11 November 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins)
11/11/2021 (dawn) Pink-footed Goose 18,650 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
11/11/2021 King Eider 1 (adult male) still at Hopeman (off golf course) Ian McDonald
11/11/2021 (07:35-08:35) Gannet 13, Kittiwake 2, Razorbill 50, Guillemot 4, Black Guillemot 9, Red-throated Diver 9, Great Northern Diver 9, Long-tailed Duck 130, Common Scoter 25, Eider 68, Goldeneye 1, Wigeon 1, Purple Sandpiper 1, Redwing 2 (in off the sea) past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
11/11/2021 (12:00) Snow Bunting c.30 Covesea (flew east) Allan Lawrence
11/11/2021 (12:30) Black Scoter 1, Surf Scoter 2 (juveniles) with scoter flock Spey Bay (halfway between Lossiemouth and Boar’s Head Rock – access on foot from Arthur’s Bridge car park NJ256670) Peter Stronach
11/11/2021 (12:00) Snow Geese 3 now on Loch Spynie Blair Whyte
11/11/2021 (mid am) Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) still on Loch na Bo Blair Whyte
11/11/2021 (09:00) Snow Geese 3 (white morph) still at Gordonsward (NJ253645) Bob Proctor, Gordon Biggs
Snow Geese, Gordonsward 11 November 2021 (Bob Proctor, Gordon Biggs)
10/11/2021 Red Kite 2 Logie (NJ0050) Mike Crutch
10/11/2021 Grey Wagtail 1 Forres (in a garden in east end of town) Alison Ritchie
Grey Wagtail, Forres 10 November 2021 (Alison Ritchie)
10/11/2021 Little Egret 1 Lossie estuary Allan Lawrence
Little Egret, Lossie estuary 10 November 2021 (Allan Lawrence)
10/11/2021 (10:30) King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (with Eiders c.1 km east of harbour) Martin Cook
10/11/2021 (10:00) Snow Goose 3 (white morph) Gordonsward (NJ253643 on stubble with c.40 Greylags) Martin Cook
10/11/2021 (07:50-08:50) Little Auk 3, Puffin 3, Black Guillemot 20, Razorbill 72, Guillemot 7, Gannet 48, Kittiwake 17, Red-throated Diver 12, Great Northern Diver 1, Long-tailed Duck 52, Common Scoter 14, Eider 27, Red-breasted Merganser 7, Goldeneye 3, Grey Plover 1, Grey Heron 1 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
9/11/2021 Little Egret 2 Lossie estuary (c.60 m apart) Alison Mackenzie
9/11/2021 Ptarmigan 4, Golden Plover 40+, Meadow Pipit 2 Ben Rinnes Alan Edward
9/11/2021 Knot 103 Burghead Alison Ritchie
9/11/2021 (14:10) Grey Wagtail 1 Lossiemouth marina (back of Shore Street) Chris Thomas
9/11/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1 still on Lossie estuary Allan Lawrence
9/11/2021 King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (still off the harbour) per Birdguides
9/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) still on Loch na Bo per Birdguides
8/11/2021 Brambling 1 Aberlour Alan Edward
8/11/2021 Redwing 1,000+ flew south over Aberlour Alan Edward
8/11/2021 Knot 285, Bar-tailed Godwit 21, Redshank 40+, Turnstone 100+, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Red-throated Diver 1, Stonechat 5 Burghead-Cummington Gordon Biggs
Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit, near Burghead 8 November 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
8/11/2021 (10:00) King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (still off harbour) George McCrae
King Eider, Hopeman 8 November 2021 (George McCrae)
8/11/2021 (07:35-08:35) Pomarine Skua 1, Gannet 200, Kittiwake 5, Little Auk 1, Razorbill 28, Guillemot 1, Black Guillemot 9, Eider 39, Common Scoter 9, Long-tailed Duck 43, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Greylag Goose 1, Great Northern Diver 7, Red-throated Diver 14 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
7/11/2021 (08:00) Snow Bunting 4 Kingston (along shoreline track to the west) Raymond Shewan
7/11/2021 (12:46) Little Auk 1 (flew past) Hopeman per Birdguides
7/11/2021 (12:30) Surf Scoter 1 (adult male, flew west with 5 Common Scoters) Nairn east beach Graeme Prest
7/11/2021 (07:45-08:45 and 09:45-10:45) King Eider 1, Eider 1,330 (all flying west), Sooty Shearwater 1, Great Skua 1, Gannet 171, Kittiwake 4, Razorbill 77, Black Guillemot 8, Guillemot 3, Common Scoter 3, Long-tailed Duck 39, Red-breasted Merganser 3, Wigeon 2, Red-throated Diver 2, Great Northern Diver 1, Turnstone 29, Purple Sandpiper 31 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
6/11/2021 Great Crested Grebe 2, Slavonian Grebe 1, Goosander 16, Goldeneye 5, Gadwall 1, Teal 80, Mallard 43, Wigeon 3, Tufted Duck 21, Coot 6 Loch Spynie David Law
6/11/2021 Surf Scoter 1 (female/juvenile) Hopeman (still off harbour) per Birdguides
6/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) still on Loch na Bo per Birdguides
6/11/2021 (10:00) Great Crested Grebe 2, Slavonian Grebe 1, Goosander 14, Cormorant 10 Loch Spynie Martin Cook
6/11/2021 (09:45) King Eider 1 (adult male) Hopeman (off the harbour) Bob Proctor
6/11/2021 (08:20-09:20) Little Gull 3 (adults), Kittiwake 19, Gannet 53, Black Guillemot 13, Puffin 1, Razorbill 136, Guillemot 19, Common Scoter 117, Long-tailed Duck 47, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Goldeneye 1, Eider 6, Red-throated Diver 6 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
5/11/2021 Gadwall 16, Whooper Swan 11 Cloddach quarry Robert Potter
5/11/2021 Common Scoter c.1,600, Velvet Scoter 30 Spey Bay (Boar’s Head Rock area) Martin Cook
5/11/2021 (14:30) Surf Scoter 1 (female/juvenile), King Eider 1 (male) Hopeman Mark Warren
King Eider and Surf Scoter, Hopeman 5 November 2021 (Mark Warren)
5/11/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Snow Bunting 1 Lossie estuary Mark Warren
5/11/2021 (12:00) Snow Bunting 37 Portknockie-Findochty (in stubble field near cemetery) David Law
Snow Buntings near Portknockie, 5 November 2021 (David Law)
5/11/2021 (12:00-12:30) King Eider 1 (male) Hopeman Lynda & Dave Slater
5/11/2021 (11:30) King Eider 1 (adult male emerging from eclipse), Puffin 1 off Hopeman Martin Cook
5/11/2021 (10:30) King Eider 1 (immature male) with 13 Common Scoter, Red-throated Diver 17, Great Northern Diver 1 Spey Bay (c.500 m west of firing range) Martin Cook
King Eider, Spey Bay 5 November 2021 (Martin Cook)
5/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male), Long-tailed Duck 1 (juvenile) Loch na Bo Mark Warren
4/11/2021 Stonechat 1 Linksfield (Elgin) Robert Potter
4/11/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 2, Goosander 9, Whooper Swan 4 Loch Spynie Robert Potter
4/11/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1 still on Lossie estuary Graham & Sue Larrington
4/11/2021 Raven 4 Rothes (flew over golf course) Ian McDonald
3/11/2021 (13:00) Slavonian Grebe 1 still on Lossie estuary Graham & Sue Larrington
Slavonian Grebe, Lossie estuary 3 November 2021 (Graham Larrington)
3/11/2021 (14:00) King Eider 1 (male), Eider c.1,500 Hopeman per Birdguides
3/11/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) Loch na Bo Jon Clarke
3/11/2021 (12:10) Slavonian Grebe 1 Lossie estuary Allan Lawrence
Slavonian Grebe, Lossie estuary 3 November 2021 (Allan Lawrence)
3/11/2021 (10:00) Snow Geese (white morph) 3 still on Loch Spynie Kevin Lynch
3/11/2021 Bar-tailed Godwit 5, Kestrel 1, Stonechat 1 Burghead-Cummingston Gordon Biggs
Bar-tailed Godwits and Kestrel, Burghead-Cummingston 3 November 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
2/11/2021 Redwing 200+ Craighead (NJ964533) Alison Ritchie
2/11/2021 Common Scoter 32, Velvet Scoter 2, Long-tailed Duck 28, Great Northern Diver 4, Black-throated Diver 1, Knot 160+, Turnstone c.30 Burghead Alan MacAskill, Dave Barnett
2/11/2021 Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Barnacle Goose 15, Pink-footed Goose 5, Greylag Goose c.200, Whooper Swan 16, Great Crested Grebe 2, Slavonian Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Alan MacAskill, Dave Barnett
2/11/2021 (15:30) King Eider 1 (male), Eider 1,460 (count from photos) off Hopeman Martin & Jenny Cook
2/11/2021 Pintail 526, Shoveler 2 (females), Whooper Swan 16, Golden Plover 152, Ringed Plover 24, Knot 248, Dunlin 577 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
Pintail and Golden Plovers, Findhorn Bay 2 November 2021 (Gordon McMullins)
2/11/2021 Redwing 1,000+, Whooper Swan 5 (flew over) Pitchroy (NJ1738) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
2/11/2021 (13:30) King Eider 1 (male), Eider c.1,500, Purple Sandpiper 2 Hopeman (from harbour wall) Alan MacAskill, Dave Barnett
2/11/2021 (08:00) Snow Bunting 1 Kingston (along shoreline track to west) Raymond Shewan
1/11/2021 Purple Sandpiper 8 Buckie (at the Yardie c.NJ420658) David Law
1/11/2021 Greenshank 1, Sanderling 4 Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
1/11/2021 Black Redstart 1 (female type) Burghead (off Granary Street) per Birdguides
1/11/2021 Snow Geese (white morph) 3 Loch Spynie (adjacent fields) Ian McDonald
Snow Geese, Loch Spynie 1 November 2021 (Ian McDonald)
1/11/2021 (early am) Redwing 110 Craigroy (NJ0450) Mike Crutch
31/10/2021 King Eider 1 (male) with large Eider flock Hopeman Steve Truluck
King Eider, Hopeman 31 October 2021 (Steve Truluck)
31/10/2021 Ringed Plover 19, Redshank 31, Dunlin 8 Portgordon harbour David Law
31/10/2021 Long-tailed Duck 2 Spey estuary David Law
Long-tailed Ducks, Spey estuary 31 October 2021 (David Law)
31/10/2021 Linnet 28 Buckpool (at sunflower seeds in a garden) David Law
31/10/2021 Greenshank 1 Portgordon James Officer
Greenshank, Portgordon 31 October 2021 (James Officer)
31/10/2021 (06:30-08:30) Snow Goose 3, Whooper Swan 22, Goosander 4, Great Crested Grebe 1, Slavonian Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Graham & Sue Larrington
31/10/2021 Pintail 592, Shoveler 2 (females), Golden Plover 216, Ringed Plover 22, Bar-tailed Godwit 40, Black-tailed Godwit 1, Knot 388, Dunlin 446, Sanderling 5 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
31/10/2021 Merlin 1 (male) Findhorn Allan Lawrence
31/10/2021 (07:15-08:15 and 09:50-10:50) Little Auk 5, Puffin 2, Razorbill 687, Guillemot 170, Black Guillemot 2, Gannet 47, Little Gull 1 (adult), Kittiwake 25, Common Scoter 121, Long-tailed Duck 36, Eider 88, Greylag Goose 4, Red-throated Diver 11, Great Northern Diver 9, Starling 2 (in off sea) past Lossiemouth in 2 hours Bob Proctor
31/10/2021 (10:16) King Eider 1 (male) Hopeman (off the point to the east) per Birdguides
31/10/2021 (early am) Little Egret 1 still on Lossie estuary Bob Proctor
30/10/2021 (pm) Sanderling 5, Bar-tailed Godwit 1, Eider 500+, Red-throated Diver 1, Stonechat 3 Hopeman east beach Graham & Sue Larrington
Bar-tailed Godwit, Hopeman 30 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
30/10/2021 Snow Goose 3 still at Loch Spynie Tony Hoskin
30/10/2021 (14:05-15:05) Pomarine Skua 2, Little Auk 1, Razorbill 27, Guillemot 4, Black Guillemot 1, Gannet 117, Kittiwake 39, Great Northern Diver 3, Common Scoter 8, Long-tailed Duck 6, Eider 3, Goldeneye 2, Greylag Goose 26 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
30/10/2021 Whooper Swan 72 Crofts of Dipple (NJ3258) Ian McDonald
Whooper Swans, Dipple 30 October 2021 (Ian McDonald)
30/10/2021 Little Egret 1 still on Lossie estuary Jackie Clark
30/10/2021 Long-tailed Duck c.600 off Nairn harbour David McNee
30/10/2021 (08:15-09:15) Little Gull 1 (adult), Kittiwake 137, Arctic Skua 1, Great Skua 1, Little Auk 1, Razorbill 727, Guillemot 25, Gannet 605, Great Northern Diver 6, Red-throated Diver 13, Velvet Scoter 1, Common Scoter 28, Long-tailed Duck 61, Eider 4, Wigeon 22, Goldeneye 1, Turnstone 1 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
29/10/2021 Little Auk 1 Burghead Bay (off Roseisle Forest) per Birdguides
28/10/2021 Ring Ouzel 1 (female) Inchrory (Glen Avon) Malcolm Garden
28/10/2021 (12:00) Snow Goose 3 (white morph) Loch Spynie Steve Reddick
Snow Geese, Loch Spynie 28 October 2021 (Steve Reddick)
28/10/2021 Grey Partridge 10 Pitairlie Henry Farquhar
28/10/2021 REPORT ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Black-headed Gull)
28/10/2021 Little Egret 1 Lossie estuary David Main
Little Egret, Lossie estuary 28 October 2021 (David Main)
28/10/2021 (am) Great Northern Diver 22, Red-throated Diver 90, Common Scoter 2,820, Long-tailed Duck 184, Shag c.90, Razorbill c.80, Guillemot 8 Spey Bay (rifle range to Lossiemouth) Martin Cook
28/10/2021 (am) Slavonian Grebe 1 Cullen Bay Jimmy Mair
27/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1 still on Loch Spynie Brian Aspinall
27/10/2021 Golden Plover 137, Knot 152, Black-tailed Godwit 19, Oystercatcher 578, Goldeneye 12, Peregrine 1 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
27/10/2021 Great Crested Grebe 2 (juveniles) Loch Spynie Jim Simpson
Great Crested Grebes, Loch Spynie 27 October 2021 (Jim Simpson)
27/10/2021 Black-tailed Godwit 37, Bar-tailed Godwit 40, Curlew 281, Lapwing 84, Shelduck 30 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
27/10/2021 (13:17) King Eider 1 (eclipse male, 800 m west of rifle range), Great Northern Diver 3, Red-throated Diver 50+, Long-tailed Duck 7, Snow Bunting 2 Spey Bay (Kingston to 800 m west of rifle range) Steve Broyd
26/10/2021 Barn Owl 1 Barmuckity (dead on A96) Raymond Shewan
25/10/2021 Fieldfare 1 Craigroy (NJ0450) Mike Crutch
25/10/2021 Pochard 1 (male), Shoveler 1 (female), Tufted Duck 42, Greylag Goose 200, Coot 12 Loch Flemington Blair Whyte
25/10/2021 (16:40) Purple Sandpiper 1 Lossiemouth (on harbour wall) Chris Thomas
25/10/2021 (11:30) King Eider 1 (eclipse male) Spey Bay (off firing range c.2 miles west of Kingston) Raymond Shewan
25/10/2021 Snow Bunting 1 Kingston (just west of village) Raymond Shewan
24/10/2021 (14:00-15:00) Little Auk 2, Puffin 1, Guillemot 6, Razorbill 84, Black Guillemot 8, Little Gull 1 (adult), Kittiwake 21, Gannet 99, Red-throated Diver 2, Common Scoter 14, Long-tailed Duck 1, Eider 5, Whooper Swan 6, Turnstone 14, Sanderling 11 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
24/10/2021 (23:00) Barn Owl 1 Sunbank (Lossiemouth) Chris Thomas
24/10/2021 Snow Bunting 1 Kingston James Officer
Snow Bunting, Kingston 24 Oct 2021 (James Officer)
24/10/2021 Red-throated Diver 62, Great Northern Diver 1 Spey Bay (off rifle range area) Pete Gordon
24/10/2021 Grey Partridge 12 Inverugie (NJ1568) Graham & Sue Larrington
24/10/2021 Knot 300+ Burghead Graham & Sue Larrington
Knot, Burghead 24 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
24/10/2021 (pm) Long-tailed Duck 56, Eider 34 (flew west), Velvet Scoter 2, Common Scoter 8, Red-throated Diver 1 Burghead Bay (off Findhorn dunes) Richard Somers Cocks
Long-tailed Ducks and Common Scoter, Burghead Bay 24 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
24/10/2021 (early am) Pink-footed Goose 12,000, Barnacle Goose 1 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
24/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Pete Gordon
24/10/2021 (15:00) Snow Geese (white morph) 3, Barnacle Goose 3+ Windyridge (near Loch Spynie NJ2367) Pete Gordon
24/10/2021 (13:10-13:50) Little Egret 1 Lossie estuary David Main, Bob Proctor
24/10/2021 (11:25) Barnacle Goose 7 Loch Spynie (flew over, heading east) Bob Proctor
24/10/2021 (11:30) King Eider 1 (eclipse male) Spey Bay (still off west end of rifle range NJ3166) Pete Gordon
24/10/2021 (10:20) Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 1, Water Rail heard Loch Spynie Bob Proctor
24/10/2021 (08:15-09:15) Little Gull 1 (adult), Kittiwake 91, Arctic Skua 3, Razorbill 38, Guillemot 3, Manx Shearwater 1, Gannet 297, Great Northern Diver 1, Black-throated Diver 1, Red-throated Diver 12, Long-tailed Duck 27, Common Scoter 15, Eider 83, Red-breasted Merganser 6, Wigeon 7 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
24/10/2021 Grey Wagtail 1 Lossiemouth harbour Bob Proctor
23/10/2021 Glaucous Gull 1 Lossie estuary Anne Sinclair
23/10/2021 Teal 301, Great Black-backed Gull 539, Magpie 2 (flew west, high) Lossie estuary Bob Proctor
23/10/2021 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Clochan (NJ4060 – latest ever in M&N, by 20 days) Martin & Jenny Cook
Spotted Flycatcher, Clochan 23 October 2021 (Martin Cook)
23/10/2021 (15:40) Little Egret 1 Lossie estuary Duncan Gibson
23/10/2021 Grey Partridge 8 Mid Mains Henry Farquhar, Duncan Gibson
23/10/2021 Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Barnacle Goose 2, Great Crested Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Gordon Biggs
Snow and Barnacle Geese, Loch Spynie 23 October 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
23/10/2021 Great Crested Grebe 1, Whooper Swan 19 Loch Spynie Richard Somers Cocks
Great Crested Grebe, Loch Spynie 23 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
23/10/2021 King Eider 1 (eclipse male), Red-throated Diver 25, Long-tailed Duck 115 Spey Bay (off rifle range) Richard Somers Cocks
King Eider and Red-throated Divers, Spey Bay 23 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
23/10/2021 Whooper Swan 29, Pink-footed Goose 1,200+ West Mains (NJ190665) Graham & Sue Larrington
Whooper Swans, West Mains 23 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
23/10/2021 Whooper Swan 61+ Waterton Graham & Sue Larrington
23/10/2021 Whooper Swan 14 Dipple Martin & Jenny Cook
23/10/2021 Lesser Redpoll 68 Teindland Alastair Young
23/10/2021 Brambling 2 Cragganmore Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
23/10/2021 Kingfisher 1 Blacksboat Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
23/10/2021 Raven 1 near Delnapot Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
23/10/2021 (08:15-09:45) Long-tailed Skua 1, Great Skua 1, Gannet 731, Kittiwake 293, Great Northern Diver 10, Black-throated Diver 2, Red-throated Diver 1, Long-tailed Duck 67, Common Scoter 37, Eider 13 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
23/10/2021 (08:35) Long-tailed Skua 1 (juvenile) flew east past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
22/10/2021 Long-tailed Duck 45 Burghead Bay (off Findhorn beach) Richard Somers Cocks
22/10/2021 Shoveler 8 (females), Black-tailed Godwit 25 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
22/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Ring-necked Duck 1, Gadwall 2 Loch Spynie David McHardy
Slavonian Grebe, Loch Spynie 22 October 2021 (David McHardy)
22/10/2021 (late pm) Great Crested Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Graham & Sue Larrington
Great Crested Grebe, Loch Spynie 22 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
22/10/2021 Iceland Gull 1 (adult) Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar, Duncan Gibson et al.
22/10/2021 Glaucous Gull 1 (2CY) Lossie estuary Jimmy Mair
22/10/2021 (10:45) Ring-necked Duck 1 (male), Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Martin Cook
Ring-necked Duck and Great Crested Grebe, Loch Spynie 22 October 2021 (Martin Cook)
22/10/2021 Ring-necked Duck 1 (male) Loch Spynie Dave Slater
Ring-necked Duck, Loch Spynie 22 October 2021 (Dave Slater)
22/10/2021 Pochard 1 (male), Scaup 1 (female) Loch Flemington Blair Whyte
22/10/2021 Snow Goose 3 (white morph), Barnacle Goose 2 Loch Spynie Brian Aspinall
22/10/2021 Black-tailed Godwit 9 (off rifle range), Grey Partridge 8 (Netherton saltmarsh) Findhorn Bay Roy Dennis
21/10/2021 Shoveler 12 (females), Black-tailed Godwit 25 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
21/10/2021 Great Crested Grebe 1 Loch Spynie Louise Carle
Great Crested Grebe, Loch Spynie 21 October 2021 (Louise Carle)
21/10/2021 Kingfisher 1 Blacksboat (NJ1838) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
21/10/2021 (pm) Snow Goose 3 Loch Spynie George McCrae
Snow Geese, Loch Spynie 21 October 2021 (George McCrae)
21/10/2021 Glaucous Gull 1 (2CY) Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
21/10/2021 (10:00) Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 1, Whooper Swan 16, Goosander 5, Cormorant 11 Loch Spynie Martin Cook
Great Crested [left] and Slavonian Grebes, Loch Spynie 21 October 2021 (Martin Cook)
20/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Great Crested Grebe 1, Snow Geese 3 Loch Spynie Evelyn Grant
20/10/2021 Brambling 20+, Fieldfare c.50, Redwing c.100 Bridgend (Lower Cabrach NJ374318 – in Rowans) Mark Keighley
20/10/2021 Whooper Swan 115 West Mains (NJ185665) Graham Larrington
Whooper Swan, West Mains 20 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
20/10/2021 Gannet large numbers feeding just west of Lossiemouth harbour (mostly juveniles) Jack Harrison
Gannets off Lossiemouth, 20 October 2021 (Jack Harrison)
19/10/2021 REPORTS ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Shag, Pied Wagtail)
19/10/2021 Pink-footed Goose 2,700 Clochan (NJ4060 – on stubbles) Martin Cook
18/10/2021 Greenshank 2 Findhorn Bay (from bank at Netherton) Roy Dennis
18/10/2021 Black-tailed Godwit 25, Bar-tailed Godwit 31, Ringed Plover 26, Golden Plover 135, Redshank 1,249, Turnstone 16, Shoveler 3 (females), Goldeneye 4 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
18/10/2021 Bar-tailed Godwit 14, Red-throated Diver 1, Long-tailed Duck 3, Stonechat 5 (at maltings), Turnstone 38 (on harbour wall) Burghead David Main
Red-throated Diver and Stonechat, Burghead 18 October 2021 (David Main)
18/10/2021 Brambling 1, Goldfinch c.60, Linnet 4 Buckpool (at garden feeders) David & Sarah Law
Brambling, Buckpool 18 October 2021 (David Law)
18/10/2021 Snow Goose 3 (white morph) Wester Calcots Farm (NJ2463) Raymond Shewan, Graham Larrington
Snow Geese, Wester Calcots 18 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
18/10/2021 Goldeneye 10 Tugnet (mouth of River Spey) Keith Paterson
18/10/2021 Redwing large influx including 200+ in one flock, Brambling 3 Cragganmore (NJ1636) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
18/10/2021 (08:00) Redwing 15 Clochan (NJ4060) Martin Cook
17/10/2021 Greenland White-fronted Goose 1 still on Loch Flemington per Birdguides
17/10/2021 Stock Dove 2 near Lower Auchenreath (NJ375639) David Law
17/10/2021 Pintail 373, Shoveler 3 (female), Goldeneye 3, Goosander 35, Black-tailed Godwit 6, Grey Plover 1, Ringed Plover 25, Knot 436, Golden Plover 145 Findhorn Bay (east side and centre) Gordon McMullins
17/10/2021 Gannet 1 (juvenile) in Burghead harbour Gordon Biggs
Gannet, Burghead harbour 17 October 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
17/10/2021 Redwing 60+ Delnapot (NJ1737) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
17/10/2021 (pm) Black-tailed Godwit 23, Greenshank 3, Grey Plover 8, Ringed Plover 9, Lapwing 42, Turnstone 2, Snipe 1, Mute Swan 18, Shelduck 10, Teal 60, Kestrel 1 Findhorn Bay (Mosset Burn to south-west corner) Richard Somers Cocks
17/10/2021 (early am) Pink-footed Goose 15,200, Greylag Goose 260, Canada Goose 7, Barnacle Goose 1, Whooper Swan 16, Bar-tailed Godwit 28, Knot 142, Golden Plover 17 Findhorn Bay (off hide) Richard Somers Cocks
17/10/2021 Gadwall 5, Goldeneye 1, Curlew 54, Wigeon 93, Moorhen 16 Cloddach quarry Martin & Jenny Cook
17/10/2021 Little Egret 1 Spey estuary (west side) Colin Leslie
Little Egret, Spey estuary 17 October 2021 (Colin Leslie)
17/10/2021 Collared Dove 26 Easter Manbeen (NJ1959, on wires) David Main
17/10/2021 Black Grouse 3 (males) (NH848458), Stonechat 2 (pair) west of Clunas Reservoir Jon Clarke
16/10/2021 Redwing 1 Delnapot Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
16/10/2021 Greenland White-fronted Goose 1, Whooper Swan 8 Loch Flemington Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
White-fronted Goose, Loch Flemington 16 October 2021 (Sandy Morrison)
16/10/2021 Brent Goose c.40, Black-tailed Godwit 2, Bar-tailed Godwit 45, Sanderling c.60, Dunlin 90, Turnstone 14 Nairn (harbour and Bar) Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
16/10/2021 Whooper Swan 9, Wigeon 1,000+ Findhorn Bay Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
16/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 4, Red-throated Diver 10, Velvet Scoter 18, Common Scoter c.200, Long-tailed Duck 60+ Burghead Bay (off Roseisle Forest car park) Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
16/10/2021 Knot c.200, Turnstone 34, Ringed Plover 20, Purple Sandpiper 1 Burghead Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
Knot, Burghead 16 October 2021 (Sandy Morrison)
16/10/2021 Gannet c.500, Red-throated Diver 4 off Hopeman Alan MacAskill, Sandy Morrison
16/10/2021 Greenland White-fronted Goose 1, Greylag Goose 150, Whooper Swan 8, Mandarin Duck 1 (female), Pintail 1 (female), Little Grebe 13, Coot 9 Loch Flemington Blair Whyte
White-fronted Goose and Whooper Swans, Loch Flemington 16 October 2021 (Blair Whyte)
16/10/2021 Gadwall 18, Whooper Swan 8, Lapwing c.50, Curlew c.80 Cloddach quarry Robert Potter
16/10/2021 Knot c.100 Burghead Gordon Biggs
16/10/2021 Gannet large number of juveniles, Red-throated Diver 1 Nairn Jack Harrison
16/10/2021 Tree Sparrow 10 Moyness (c.200 m south of crossroads) Jack Harrison
Tree Sparrow, Moyness 16 October 2021 (Jack Harrison)
15/10/2021 Ptarmigan 1, Golden Plover 2, Meadow Pipit 9 Ben Rinnes Robert Ince
15/10/2021 Raven 1 Wood of Mulderie (NJ3851 – circling overhead) Melvin Morrison
15/10/2021 Whooper Swan 62, Black-tailed Godwit 3 Findhorn Bay Roy Dennis
14/10/2021 Grey Wagtail 2 Inverugie (NJ1568) Andrea Williams
14/10/2021 Greenfinch 10 Cragganmore (NJ1636 – most ever seen here) Neil Sutherland & Carol Armour
14/10/2021 Peregrine 1 over Buckpool Sarah & David Law
Peregrine, Buckpool 14 October 2021 (David Law)
14/10/2021 (am) Crossbill 9 (in trees near old ice house), Stonechat 1 east of Portgordon David Law
14/10/2021 Snow Goose 3, Barnacle Goose 40+, Redwing 5 Nairn Bar David McNee
14/10/2021 Knot c.100, Brent Goose 6 Nairn (harbour area) Jack Harrison
Knot with Redshank, Nairn 14 October 2021 (Jack Harrison)
13/10/2021 Whooper Swan 30 (in field to the south), Scaup 1 (female offshore) Spey Bay Mike Collins
13/10/2021 Redwing two flocks of 10-15 Ben Rinnes Andy Davis
13/10/2021 Snow Goose 3, Pink-footed Goose c.350 Nairn Bar Anne Sinclair
13/10/2021 Knot 179, Turnstone 18, Purple Sandpiper 1, Puffin 1, Stonechat 1 Burghead Mike Crutch, David Main
Knot (and a Purple Sandpiper), Burghead 13 October 2021 (David Main)
13/10/2021 (08:05-09:05) Gannet 974, Kittiwake 60, Razorbill 415, Black Guillemot 9, Guillemot 2, Goosander 5, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Eider 33, Long-tailed Duck 43, Common Scoter 25, Velvet Scoter 1, Teal 1, Wigeon 4, Mallard 2, Great Northern Diver 3, Red-throated Diver 8 (and 2 on the sea), Grey Heron 2, Ringed Plover 1, Dunlin 16 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
12/10/2021 Little Egret 1 Spey estuary Marco McGinty
12/10/2021 Twite 70 Netherton (Findhorn Bay) Mike Crutch
12/10/2021 (15:00) Surf Scoter 1 (male), Common Scoter 1600, Red-throated Diver 24 Spey Bay (west of Boar’s Head Rock NJ2768 and 2868) Martin Cook
12/10/2021 Whooper Swan 14, Pale-bellied Brent Goose 3 Spey estuary Keith Paterson
12/10/2021 Barnacle Goose 44, Canada Goose 13, Greylag Goose 137, Whooper Swan 19, Mute Swan 24, Wigeon 2,560, Shoveler 3 (females), Stonechat 2, Linnet c.180 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
12/10/2021 Pale-bellied Brent Goose 6, Wigeon 15 Nairn (off harbour) Jack Harrison
12/10/2021 Barnacle Goose 9 (flew west), Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1, Long-tailed Duck 17, Goosander 1, Great Northern Diver 1, Grey Plover 3, Black-tailed Godwit 7, Bar-tailed Godwit 55, Sanderling 170, Knot 200, Sandwich Tern 9 Kingsteps/Nairn Bar Blair Whyte
12/10/2021 (08:00-09:00) Gannet 564, Kittiwake 221, Sandwich Tern 2, Razorbill 36, Guillemot 7, Red-throated Diver 1, Common Scoter 52, Long-tailed Duck 40, Red-breasted Merganser 17, Eider 4, Teal 1, Pink-footed Goose 216 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
11/10/2021 Scaup 53 (flew west), Long-tailed Duck 8, Common Scoter 9 past Nairn Bar in 30 minutes David McNee
11/10/2021 Grey Plover 12, Sanderling 8, Knot 350, Snipe 1, Barnacle Goose 2, Snow Bunting 2 Nairn Bar David McNee
11/10/2021 (08:10-09:10) Manx Shearwater 1, Gannet 553, Kittiwake 43, Razorbill 203, Guillemot 4, Black Guillemot 5, Pink-footed Goose 28, Scaup 4, Common Scoter 12, Long-tailed Duck 10, Eider 4, Wigeon 1, Teal 1, Red-throated Diver 4, Meadow Pipit 6, Skylark 1 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
10/10/2021 Grey Wagtail 1 (at Scarffbanks), Whooper Swan 4 Loch Spynie David Law
10/10/2021 (18:30) Glaucous Gull 1 (2CY) Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
10/10/2021 Pochard 1 (female), Little Grebe 19, Coot 11 Loch Flemington Jon Clarke
10/10/2021 Snow Bunting 2, Red-breasted Merganser 21, Grey Plover 13, Sanderling 67 Culbin Bar Al Young
10/10/2021 Pink-footed Goose 13,040, Canada Goose 24, Barnacle Goose 1, Wigeon 2,135, Pintail 208, Red-breasted Merganser 15, Goosander 17, Black-tailed Godwit 36, Guillemot 52, Common Tern 6 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins, Brian Etheridge
10/10/2021 Knot 149 Burghead Bill Taylor, Gordon Biggs
Knot, Burghead 10 October 2021 (Gordon Biggs)
10/10/2021 Sanderling 45 Lossiemouth east beach Bob Proctor
10/10/2021 (11:15-12:15) Gannet 305, Kittiwake 20, Sandwich Tern 1, Razorbill 90, Guillemot 8, Black Guillemot 23, Red-throated Diver 3, Common Scoter 1, Wigeon 8, Meadow Pipit 1 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
10/10/2021 (08:00-09:00) Gannet 176, Kittiwake 97, Razorbill 295, Guillemot 8, Black Guillemot 30, Common Scoter 23, Long-tailed Duck 1, Eider 5, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Meadow Pipit 4 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
9/10/2021 REPORTS ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Shag x3)
9/10/2021 Arctic Skua 1, Sandwich Tern 15, Common Tern 2, Brent Goose 5, Long-tailed Duck 2, Common Scoter 1, Red-throated Diver 3, Sanderling 31, Grey Plover 5 Kingsteps Nairn) David McNee
9/10/2021 Black-throated Diver 1 Nairn-Delnies Colin Leslie
8/10/2021 Grey Wagtail 1 Begrow (Duffus) Sue Larrington
8/10/2021 Red-throated Diver 4, Black Guillemot 1, Razorbill/Guillemot c.50 off Portgordon David Law
8/10/2021 (14:50-16:00) Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Redshank 59, Turnstone 48, Ringed Plover 25, Dunlin 5, Curlew 9 Portgordon harbour David Law
8/10/2021 Black-tailed Godwit 5, Knot 1, Sandwich Tern 4 Findhorn Bay Mark Smiles
8/10/2021 Red-throated Diver 46, Black-throated Diver 1, Common Scoter 1,440, Eider 35, Razorbill 58, Guillemot 18, Shag 45 Spey Bay (Lossiemouth-Tugnet) Martin Cook
7/10/2021 Sanderling c.40 Lossiemouth west beach Allan Lawrence
7/10/2021 (am) Crossbill 9 Buckpool-Portgordon (flew west) David Law
7/10/2021 Mediterranean Gull 1 (1CY), Glaucous Gull 1 (3CY) Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
7/10/2021 Little Gull 1 Lossiemouth (off the harbour) Chris Thomas, Henry Farquhar
7/10/2021 Whooper Swan 73 just east of Duffus Castle Allan Lawrence
7/10/2021 (am) Black-tailed Godwit 14, Grey Plover 2, Golden Plover 71, Pintail 267, Shoveler 1 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins
7/10/2021 Slavonian Grebe 1, Red-throated Diver 3, Velvet Scoter 9, Common Scoter 140, Eider 60, Red-breasted Merganser 21, Goosander 24 Burghead Bay (off Roseisle Forest car park) Alan MacAskill
7/10/2021 Twite c.30 (at Netherton), Skylark 14 (flew in) Findhorn Bay Alan MacAskill
6/10/2021 Snowy Owl 1 Ben Macdui (on north-west flank) Ian Francis
6/10/2021 (11:00) Snow Geese (white morph) 3 still in Findhorn Bay John Poyner
Snow Geese, Findhorn Bay 6 October 2021 (John Poyner)
6/10/2021 (08:00) Brent Goose 5 Strathlene (flew west) David Law
6/10/2021 (pm) Pale-bellied Brent Goose 6, Whooper Swan 3, Grey Plover 8 Findhorn Bay (south-west corner) Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
Brent Geese, Findhorn Bay 6 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
6/10/2021 Glaucous Gull 2 (adult, 3CY) Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
6/10/2021 (am) Snow Goose (white morph) 3, Canada Goose 1, Barnacle Goose 2, Greylag Goose 64, Whooper Swan 8, Pintail 246, Shoveler 2 (females), Wigeon 2,180, Golden Plover 87, Black-tailed Godwit 3 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
Barnacle Geese, Findhorn Bay 6 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
6/10/2021 (10:30) Whooper Swan 2 Loch Spynie Jenny Cook
6/10/2021 (10:00) Whooper Swan 4, Magpie 10 (in one small tree), Skylark 68 (flew west in small groups) Tugnet (Spey Bay) Martin Cook
6/10/2021 (08:30) Snow Goose (white morph) 3 Findhorn Bay (south-west corner, away from main goose flock) Richard Somers Cocks
Snow Geese, Findhorn Bay 6 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
6/10/2021 (08:00) Whooper Swan 17 over Clochan (flew west) Martin Cook
5/10/2021 Whooper Swan 18 over Tomintoul (flew east) Mark Ranner
5/10/2021 (15:45) Pale-bellied Brent Goose 2 Lossiemouth (flew past the harbour) Henry Farquhar
5/10/2021 Greenshank 1 Lossie estuary Henry Farquhar
5/10/2021 Grey Plover 5, Sandwich Tern 20, Red-breasted Merganser 100 Nairn Bar Blair Whyte
5/10/2021 (early am) Pink-footed Goose 14,380, Whooper Swan 5, Mute Swan 30, Scaup 5, Black-tailed Godwit 18, Bar-tailed Godwit 29, Greenshank 1, Twite 23 Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins, Richard Somers Cocks
4/10/2021 Red-throated Diver 4, Eider 26 (flew west), Red-breasted Merganser 2, Knot 115 Burghead Richard Somers Cocks
4/10/2021 Eider 31, Common Scoter 16 Burghead Bay (off Roseisle Forest car park) Richard Somers Cocks
4/10/2021 Pochard 1 (female) Loch Flemington Blair Whyte
4/10/2021 Scaup 5 (4 male, 1 female), Shoveler 4, Pintail c.250, Golden Plover 67, Redshank 660, Dunlin 427, Knot 51, Sandwich Tern 18 Findhorn Bay (south and east sides) Gordon McMullins
4/10/2021 Red-breasted Merganser 2 off Hopeman Alison Ritchie
4/10/2021 Sandwich Tern 2, Peregrine 1 Portgordon-Buckpool David Law
4/10/2021 Red-throated Diver 1 Lossie estuary (above bridge) Allan Lawrence
Red-throated Diver, Lossie estuary 4 October 2021 (Allan Lawrence)
3/10/2021 Common Tern 1 Lossiemouth Leanne Bailey
3/10/2021 (18:30-18:45) Pink-footed Goose 10,000-12,000 over Nairn (flying east) Robert Carberry
3/10/2021 Raven 2, Stonechat 1 (in Glack Harnes) Ben Rinnes David Law
3/10/2021 Sandwich Tern 2 Portgordon David Law
3/10/2021 (15:20-16:20) Sooty Shearwater 2, Gannet 167, Kittiwake 8, Common Tern 2, Sandwich Tern 14, Razorbill 40, Common Scoter 9, Long-tailed Duck 2, Red-throated Diver 1, Turnstone 2 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
3/10/2021 (08:00-09:00) Gannet 256, Kittiwake 78, Sandwich Tern 4, Black Guillemot 3, Razorbill 86, Red-throated Diver 5, Common Scoter 56, Carrion Crow 2 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
3/10/2021 possible Todd’s Canada Goose 1 (with Pink-footed Geese) Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
possible Todd’s Canada Goose, Findhorn Bay 3 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
2/10/2021 Whooper Swan 40 Balormie (NJ2168) Bob Proctor
2/10/2021 REPORTS ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Sandwich Tern and Knot)
2/10/2021 (pm) Whooper Swan 5 Loch Spynie Richard Somers Cocks, Tom Dewick
Whooper Swans, Loch Spynie 2 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)
2/10/2021 (12:00) Greenshank 1 Lossie estuary Graham Larrington
2/10/2021 (am) Red-throated Diver 3 Burghead Andy Lawson
2/10/2021 (07:50-08:50) Gannet 220, Kittiwake 16, Sandwich Tern 3, Black Guillemot 7, Razorbill 214, Guillemot 1, Common Scoter 7, Eider 18, Grey Heron 2 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
2/10/2021 (early am) Skylark 26 Lossiemouth (flew in off the sea) Bob Proctor
2/10/2021 (early am) Knot 185, Sandwich Tern 7 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
2/10/2021 (11:30) Red-throated Diver 1 River Spey c.600 m upstream from Tugnet Raymond Shewan
2/10/2021 REPORT ADDED TO ‘RINGING IN MORAY & NAIRN’ (Siskin)
1/10/2021 (mid pm) Sanderling 1, Turnstone 13, Ringed Plover 9 Hopeman east beach Graham Larrington
Sanderling, Hopeman 1 October 2021 (Graham Larrington)
1/10/2021 Goosander 4 Lossie estuary Graham Larrington
1/10/2021 (17:50-18:50) Gannet 229, Kittiwake 9, Sandwich Tern 45, Common Tern 3, Razorbill 5, Guillemot 1, Red-throated Diver 2, Eider 3, Wigeon 2 past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
1/10/2021 (pm) Wheatear 2 Portgordon (just west) David & Sarah Law
1/10/2021 (11:30) Greenshank 1, Bar-tailed Godwit 2, Merlin 1 Lossie estuary David Main
Greenshank, with Redshanks, Lossie estuary 1 October 2021 (David Main)
1/10/2021 Pale-bellied Brent Goose 11, Canada Goose 12, Lapwing 28 Netherton (Findhorn Bay) Roy Dennis
1/10/2021 (dawn) Pink-footed Goose 21,300, Canada Goose 1 (among the Pink-feet), Scaup 4 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
Canada Goose and Scaup, Findhorn Bay 1 October 2021 (Richard Somers Cocks)