Wildlife observatory flies flag for Ukraine
The wildlife look-out station’s wardens have raised the blue and yellow bicolour banner on its flagpole as a show of solidarity with the war-torn country.
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Tag: Machrihanish Seabird Observatory
Obits
A fond farewell to our warden Eddie Maguire
Eddie was a ‘larger than life’ character, well known in Campbeltown and throughout Kintyre particularly for his ‘encyclopedic knowledge’ of birds, especially seabirds.
Leisure
Photograph of the Week, November 27 2020
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory warden Eddie Maguire took this photo of a very inquisitive juvenile European shag.
Outdoors
Photograph of the Week, October 2 2020
It is far from only birds that can be spotted from Machrihanish Seabird Observatory.
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Have you spotted a magpie?
So far the noisy, conspicuous species has been spotted at Campbeltown, Peninver, Carradale, Tangy, Glenbarr and Kennacraig.
Leisure
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK, August 16 2019
This is one of a few images Mr Maguire managed to snap of the carnivorous mammal on rocks near the observatory, taken towards the end of July.
Leisure
On a wing with Machrihanish Seabird Observatory
The most extraordinary event of 2017 was a June fly-by Sooty Tern usually found in Tropical waters. This is a new species for Argyll, the first since the Observatory was established on September 11 1993.
Leisure
Ringed Kintyre bird’s North Wales flights
The six single journeys completed by this bird amounts to 1,111.01 miles.
Kintyre
First sooty tern spotted in Argyll
‘However, no one could have forecast that the rarest seabird to visit MSBO would do so on a truly, almost calm, sunny day.’
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Yellowhammers claw a niche in Kintyre
A ONCE common bird which became scarce, the Yellowhammer is once again flying round Kintyre.