A bumper year on Tiree with 200 species recorded including 3 new ones (& 3 x 2nd records) moving the Tiree list to 320 and my own island list to 297, plus a pending putative Mediterranean Flycatcher... Happy Birding all in 2026! #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Drake Pintail new at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree was the best on a gloomy afternoon visit there today, also 16 Shoveler, 85 Whooper Swan, 90 Curlew, 600 Lapwing and 900 Golden Plover. #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

The flooded fringes of Loch a' Phuill, Tiree were again covered in waders at lunch-time today, best being a Knot but also 11 Bar-tailed Godwits, 150 Ringed Plover, 80 Dunlin, 25 Redshank & 1,100 Golden Plover. 2CY male Ring-necked Duck also still present #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Redwing in the sunshine at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree at lunchtime today #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

A busy WeBS count at a very flooded Loch a' Phuill, Tiree today: best birds being a 1CY male Ring-necked Duck new in & a Knot, but also 1,600 Lapwing and 1,150 Golden Plover #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Busy corner of Loch a' Phuill #Tiree today: wintering Greenland White-fronts (36) and Whooper Swans (84), plus a Heron - also 28 Goldeneye present #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Smart male Brambling finding plenty to eat under the Balephuil, Tiree garden feeders this morning #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

3 White-tailed Eagles over the house at Balephuil, Tiree today @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Still a few Pink-footed Geese around on Tiree after the autumn passage including these 4 at Balephuil (with Greylags on foreground), also up to 4 Blue Tit and 2 Great Tit still at Moss yesterday #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Distant juv Glaucous Gull from Baugh road bridge, Tiree today, presumably the same bird that has been feeding on a dead dolphin at Traigh Bhagh for the last week or so, also a 1CY male Scaup at Loch Bhasapol today #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Dead Grey Triggerfish at Traigh Bhi, Tiree today - a rare but regular late autumn find here - also 5 Snow Bunting headed south there this am #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Hen Harrier checking out the Balephuil, Tiree bird feeders this morning #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Siberian Chiffchaff new in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this morning #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

1 of 4 Woodcock lurking in the Balephuil, Tiree garden just now, also a a couple of Blackcaps there still and 16 Long-tailed Tits #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

First chance to get back to Loch a' Phuill, Tiree this pm after hernia op last weekend - no sign of any Buffleheads but 1CY Lesser Scaup still present in amongst 50 Tufted Duck there #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

No Pallas's Warbler yet in the Balephuill, Tiree garden but it's still busy with visitors from the mainland including 16 Long-tailed Tits today #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

A few bits and pieces in the Balephuil, Tiree garden recently: Brambling yesterday (with 20 Long-tailed Tits) and a Chiffchaff today, plus 2 Blackcaps and 5 Fieldfares #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

1cy Lesser Scaup new at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree this afternoon, replacing the 1cy Greater Scaup that was there on Wednesday @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social

Terrible record shot of a Blue Tit in the garden at Balephuil, Tiree today - an unprecedented 4th species of tit to grace the garden this month #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

4 scarce birds beginning with "C" around, Tiree today: Coot at Loch an Eilein (FOY for the 3km patch), Carrion Crow at Sorobaidh Bay, Todd's Canada Goose at Kenovay & 2 Coal Tit at Scarinish. Also 16 Long-tailed Tit at Balephuil @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

A big pipit flicking around in the trees in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this morning turned out to be a Rock Pipit! - the first record for this wooded garden - it was flushed away by a Robin @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

No sign of yesterday's Hume's Warbler at Balephuil #Tiree today but the Todd's Canada Goose was amongst the Barnacle Geese at Ruaig and a drake Scaup was new at Loch an Eilein #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Finally a poor record shot of the elusive Hume's Leaf Warbler at Balephuil, Tiree this afternoon #BirdingScotland

Hume's Leaf Warbler showing intermittently in the gardens at Balephuil, Tiree this afternoon (with ca 25 Blackcap, 2+ Chiffchaff, 3+ Goldcrest and 6 Long-tailed Tit) but giving little away for the camera so far... @patchbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

One of two Blue Tits near Heylipol Church, Tiree today - completing the set of the four common tit species this autumn on the island (for the first time ever!) @patchbirding.bsky.social

The warbler-fest continued at Balephuil, Tiree today including 1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (pic), 2 Willow Warblers (pic), 7+ Blackcap, 4+ Chiffchaff and 5 Goldcrest - also 6 Long-tailed Tits still #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Todd's-type Canada Goose new with the Barnies at Balephetrish, Tiree today - also the juv White-rumped Sandpiper still at Balephetrish Bay, 1 Yellow-browed Warbler at Balephuil & 12 Long-tailed Tits new at Vaul #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

A flock of 15 Long-tailed Tits joined the party at Balephuil, Tiree this afternoon - it felt like a mainland wood with final tallies of 2 Great Tits, 9 Coal Tits, a Treecreeper, 6 Goldcrests, 43 Fieldfare & 2 Dunnocks, as well as 2 Yellow-browed Warblers #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Big arrival at Balephuil, Tiree this am: 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 9 Coal Tit (record count), 1 Great Tit, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Treecreeper #PatchGold, 28 Fieldfare, 120 Redwing, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler & 6 Goldcrest #BirdingScotland #PWC2025

Great Tit #PatchGold! in the Balephuil, Tiree garden today, also 2 Coal Tit still, plus an arrival of 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 6 Blackcap, 2 Dunnock & 21 Chaffinch, also Slavonian Grebe at Loch a' Phuill #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

A few other scarcities over the last few days since Storm Amy on Tiree - an influx of at least 6 Coal Tits, a 1cy Med Gull at Barrapol (6th) & at least 5 lingering juv Curlew Sands (still 3 today at Balephetrish Bay) - also a Brambling yesterday #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

No internet until now on Tiree since Storm Amy... Juv White-rumped Sandpiper still at Balephetrish Bay today (been there since 6th & at Vaul Bay on 4th) with 2nd juv at Hough Bay on 6th per @theodec97.bsky.social #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Spotted Flycatcher still lingering in the gardens at Balephuil, Tiree today and joined there by one each of Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler & Goldcrest #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Tiree recently: 1 Curlew Sandpiper at Kenovay today & a Lapland Bunting at Sandaig yesterday, also Spotted Flycatcher & Chiffchaff at Balephuil, 10+ Ruff still & several scattered Pinkfeet #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

As well as record numbers of Curlew Sandpipers & bumper counts of Ruff & Black-tailed Godwit, September 2025 has also seen flocks of hundreds of Snipe on Tiree - many of which, like this one, are still here #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Tiree's White Stork was ringed in a barn-roof nest in central Scania, Sweden on 14/6, it moved to Norway (nr Trondheim) on 10/8 (with 60+ storks) & remained in Norway until at least 8/9. Info from Petter Albinson, Storkprojektet. @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Looks like the Tiree White Stork is actually from Sweden, rather than Knepp - details to follow #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

Knepp-ringed White Stork (MX51) this morning at Kilmoluaig, Tiree for its second day, also an elusive 1cy Barred Warbler at Balephuil #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

Now 2 Wood Sandpipers together at Balevullin, Tiree; 2 Glossy Ibis again at Loch a' Phuill with 5 juv Curlew Sandpipers & increasing numbers of duck around on the wetlands: 190 Teal, 12 Wigeon & 2 Shoveler were in this flock #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

#Tiree today: 2 Glossy Ibis, 5 Curlew Sands & a late Swift at Loch a' Phuill (but 0 Baird's or Pec Sands). Juv Buff-breasted Sandpiper new at Crossapol with 12 Curlew Sands, juv Pied Fly at The Glebe, Scarinish, hundreds of waders on widespread flooding @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Weekend of distant waders on #Tiree Best = juv Baird's Sandpiper at Loch 'a Phuill today (no pics) with 2 Glossy Ibis & 3 Curlew Sand still. @kgbirder.bsky.social's ad AGP & Wood Sand at Balevullin on 12th, Little Stint at Loch a' Phuill y'day (also Pec Sand there) @patchbirding.bsky.social

Today's American Golden Plover at Balevullin, Tiree steadfastly refused to give anything other than record shots. Presumably fresh in as it hasn't found the Goldie flock yet, mind you neither have I in the last few days. 2 Glossy Ibis, Turtle Dove & Black Tern all still present. #birdingscotland.

Flooded fringes of Loch a' Phuill, Tiree this am held 2 Glossy Ibis, 1 juv Pec Sand, 9 juv Curlew Sands, 7 Ruff, 145 Black-tailed Godwit & 3 Gadwall. Also Pied Flycatcher at Scarinish & adult American Golden Plover at Balevullin - per @KGbirder #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Two Glossy Ibis still Loch a'Phuill, Turtle Dove at Clachan, Black Tern off Hynish, Wood Sand at Balevullin, Little Stint at Vaul, 1cy Med Gull at Scarinish & 42 Curlew Sands around the island on another day of challenging weather on Tiree. #birdingscotland.

A juv Black Tern lingering off Hynish, Tiree this afternoon seems part of a mini-influx after 6 'fly-throughs' y'day. Other influx species today included a single Glossy Ibis at Loch a'Phuill and at least 40 Curlew Sands (min of 52 y'day) #birdingscotland.

1cy Grey Phalarope at Balephetrish Bay, Tiree this pm & a record island count of 52 Curlew Sandpipers - @kgbirder.bsky.social Also 4 Black Terns >S at Loch a' Phuill - Tony O'Connor & 2 juv Black Terns >S at Balephuil with @kgbirder.bsky.social #BirdingScotland @patchbirding.bsky.social

Pied Flycatcher lurking in the bushes at Carnan Mor #Tiree this morning - present for its second day #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social

16 (1 ad) Curlew Sands & juv Little Stint at Vaul Bay, Tiree - also a Turtle Dove at Balevullin. 22 juv Curlew Sands at Balephetrish Bay & a Pied Flycatcher at Vaul - @kgbirder.bsky.social 2 Glossy Ibis at Loch a' Phuill - Tony O'Connor/Ewen Forbes @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

Leach's Petrel, Sooty Shear & 4 Storm Petrel in 90 mins off Hynish #Tiree from 1230hrs, also Curlew Sand, 9 juv Knot & a Common Sand there. @kgbirder.bsky.social reports Pec Sand at Balinoe, 12 Curlew Sands at Clachan/Balephetrish & Spotshank at Gott Bay @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland

It was good of @tireebirder.bsky.social's Melodious Warbler to stick around so I could Tiree tick it this evening. Earlier a very flighty Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Clachan (& 5 juv Curlew Sands). #birdingscotland.