LATEST NEWS – 2026
05 Jun: Canada Goose 18N
04 Jun: Manx Shearwater 1s
03 Jun: Canada Goose 57, Roseate Tern 1
02 Jun: Canada Goose 43N, Arctic Skua 1
01 Jun: Minke Whale, 5 Sandwich Tern, Arctic Skua 1, Manx Shearwater 1s
31 May: Roseate Tern
23-29 May: Redwing on 23/05, DIPPER 1 juv. 24/05. 27/05: WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER – imm m. 28/05: Hummingbird Hawkmoth, 3 Spotted Fly, Arctic Skua, 2 Common Crossbill, Swift.
16-22 May: Basking Shark at Kirkhaven enrance on 16/05. Sandwich Tern 5 on 18/05, Cuckoo, Whinchat 19/05. 20/05: Osprey N. 22/05: 3 Jackdaw, Spotted Flycatcher, Ringed Plover, Orange Tip, SPOONBILL 1NW.
09-15 May: Turtle Dove still, Yellow wagtail, Tree Pipit 09/05. Garden W 13/05. Arctic Tern 14/05. Tree Sparrow, 2 Common Tern 15/05
02-08 May: Fieldfare on 02/05, Golden Plover and 75b Barnacle Goose 03/05, Greenshank 05/05. TURTLE DOVE on 08/05.
25 Apr-01May: Pied Flycatcher, Grasshopper W and Cuckoo on 25/04. Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Black Redstart. Whinchat & Lesser Whitethroat (30/04), Swift & Sedge W (01/05).
18-24 Apr: 19/04: Common Redstart, Grasshopper W, Collared Dove, Orange Tip butterfly. 21/04: Humpback Whale seen off Anstruther, Mistle Thrush, 2 Brambling, 2 Twite, Great Northern Diver. 22/04: Black Redstart (f) & 2 on 23-24/04 + 2 Common Redstart, 4 Common Whitethroat, Snipe, Fieldfare, 2 Tree Pipit, 3 Blackcap, 7 Redpoll.
11-17 Apr: Osprey N 11/04. Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel 12/04. 2 Velvet Scoter N 13/04. 16/04: Osprey N, 3 Linnet, Bonxie, Whimbrel. 17/04: House Martin, 5 Siskin, Bonxie, 2 Swallow.
06-10 Apr: Rook, 2 Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Swallow, Reed Bunting on 06/04. 6 Jackdaw, 2 Rooks, 3 Chiffchaff, Bonxie 1S, 3 Wheatear on 07/04. On 08/04: 9 Jackdaw, 7 Rook 14 Carrion Crow all S together. 09/04: 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Teal, 2 Shelduck, Willow Warbler. 3 Fieldfare, Blackcap, Redstart, 5 Willow W. 10/04: 9 Fieldfare, White Wagtail.
31-5 Apr: 30 Whooper Swan N on 04/04. 14 Common Scoter on 01/04. Thin passage of finches included Linnet, Sisken and Goldfinch. Reed Bunting on 04/04. Imm. f Merlin. Wheatear on 01/04. Manx 1N on 02/04, 2 on 05/04.
22-30 Mar: Puffins back, 2 Woodcock, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Redwing, Grey Wagtail, 54 Dunlin and 54 PF Goose N on 22/03. Iceland Gull (3rd CY) 27 & 28/03 and 8 Common Gulls, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE – 1 imm over island NW on 30/03.
23-28 Feb: Shoveler remained, 2 Black Redstart, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, 5+ Woodcock
10th Feb: Shoveler (1f) on Loch, Little Grebe, c15 Woodcock, 60 Curlew
4th-9th Jan: sigtings included small numbers of passerines including Skylark, Redwing and Song Thrush. The overwintering Whimbrel was still present, a single LBB GUll and 2 SE Owl were good sightings and may have overwintered. Other good sightings in the period included a Red-necked Grebe , 4 Woodcock, Great Northern Diver, 2 Black Guillemot,, Long-tailed Duck, 70 Curlew and up to 70 Little Auk.
Isle of May Bird Observatory 
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