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RSPB information – September 2011
September is the month when large numbers of birds are on the move as they head south once more for the winter. Lying on the East Atlantic Flyway, Tiree is well placed to see migration in action as wildfowl and waders pass through from their Arctic breeding grounds, whilst strong winds from fast-moving Atlantic depressions… »
RSPB Info
Corncrake A few Corncrakes continued to call at various places around the island with the last calling birds later than normal well into the second week of the month. There were several reports of adult birds and broods so hopefully they should have had another good breeding season. Other birds August was largely warm with… »
RSPB Info From July 2011
Corncrakes continued to call all over the island during the month. The finalised count total this year for the island was 385 calling males, which was very similar to the 2010 figure of 391 birds. The weather was mostly good throughout July, so hopefully breeding success will again be high, thanks once more to all… »
RSPB Information – April 2011
April was dominated by high pressure with light SE winds, much sunshine and very little rain. The warm temperatures encouraged many migrant birds to arrive a little earlier than normal, whilst others such as Lapwings and Greylags also started breeding earlier. April is a very busy month for migration and Tiree is an important staging… »
A First For Tiree And Scotland
After another busy summer here on Tiree, visitor numbers are slowly decreasing – at least until the Wave Classic event in October – so it was unusual to hear a plane from Oban arriving on Sunday carrying eight passengers. The reason for their sudden arrival was also unusual, they had arrived following a tip off… »
Birding News
December began where November left off, being rather mild, wet and windy but it became increasingly colder (and drier) and by the end of the month, an unusually prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures set in as it did across the whole of Scotland. The freezing weather made conditions very tough for many of our wintering… »
RSPB Info – April
April brought some warmer dry spells interspersed with periods of wetter southerly and westerly winds, which kept the lochs and wetlands topped up, but also kept many fields wetter than normal. In general, spring migration was a little earlier than last year with the Barnacle Geese departing en masse from Ruaig on the evening of… »
