28/2/2014 Bar-tailed Godwit 44Burghead (west shore) David & Carol Shaw
28/2/2014Iceland Gull2 ( adult and 1st winter) Loch Oire Bob Johnson
27/2/2014Whooper Swan 8Kirkhill Farm (near Elgin) David Main
27/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adult,Herring Gull 717 Loch Oire Bob Proctor
27/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adult,Gadwall 1 male Loch Oire Tony Backx
27/2/2014Tree Sparrow 18Portknockie (in garden at east end) Lenny Simpson
27/2/2014Stock Dove 2,Bullfinch 9 Cullen House grounds Lenny Simpson
27/2/2014Gadwall 1 male Loch Oire Martin Cook, Mike Collins
27/2/2014Smew 1 redhead Loch na Bo Martin Cook, Mike Collins
27/2/2014Oystercatcher 77,Lapwing 28,Shelduck 2Cloddach quarry Martin Cook, Mike Collins
26/2/2014Snow Bunting 30Nairn shore David & Carol Shaw
26/2/2014Iceland Gull2 (adult and 1st winter) Loch Oire David Main

Iceland Gull (1st winter) [left] andadult on Loch Oire, 26 February 2014 (David Main)
26/2/2014Blackcap 1 femaleBuckie garden Keith Currie

Female Blackcap in Buckie garden, 26 February 2014 (Keith Currie)
26/2/2014Stonechat 2Dava (NJ003408) Alison Ritchie

Male Stonechat at Dava, 26 February 2014 (Alison Ritchie)
26/2/2014 Goosander 1 female Loch Allan (Dava) Alison Ritchie
26/2/2014Goosander 1 male Loch Belivat Alison Ritchie
26/2/2014Little Egret 1Kingsteps (Minister's Pool) Alison Ritchie

Little Egret just east of the Minister's Pool at Kingsteps, 26 February 2014 (Alison Ritchie)
26/2/2014 Blackcap 2 (male & female) Elgin(Academy Street) Charlie Gervaise
26/2/2014Blackcap 1 maleLossiemouth (Fulmar Road) Henry Farquhar
26/2/2014Merlin 1Lossiemouth golf course Henry Farquhar
25/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 2 males,Red-throated Diver 2Burghead (east side) Tony Backx
25/2/2014Yellowhammer 40Binns (Garmouth) Martin Cook, Karen Cunningham, HywelMaggs
24/2/2014Magpie 9Kinloss Allan Lawrence
24/2/2014Little Egret 1Kingsteps (Minister's Pool) Iain Thomson
23/2/2014Iceland Gull 2 adults,Pink-footed Goose 1349Meft (near Urquhart) Bob Proctor
22/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adultLhanbryde pig unit Bob Proctor
22/2/2014Tundra Bean Goose 2,Pink-footed Goose c.1000 Parks of Innes (NJ2864) Martin Cook
22/2/2014Smew 1 redhead,Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Loch na Bo Martin Cook
22/2/2014Blackcap 1 female (and male for last 2 weeks)Lossiemouth (Fulmar Road) Henry Farquhar
21/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 2 femalesBurgheadharbour Tony Backx

Female Red-breasted Mergansers in Burgheadharbour, 21 February 2014 (Tony Backx)
20/2/2014Smew 1 redhead Loch Allan, Dava (NH998392) Alison Ritchie

Female/immature Smew on Loch Allan, 20 Feb 2014 (Alison Ritchie)
20/2/2014 (mid afternoon)Glaucous Gull 1 adultSpey Bay per Birdguides
20/2/2014Purple Sandpiper 3,Red-breasted Merganser 1 femaleHopemanharbour David Main

Female Red-breasted Merganser in Hopemanharbour, 20 February 2014 (David Main)
20/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Long-tailed Duck 6,Eider c.50Burgheadharbour Tony Backx

Great Northern Diver in Burgheadharbour, 20 February 2014 (Tony Backx)
20/2/2014Grey Partridge 2Roseisle Tony Backx

Grey Partridge at Roseisle, 20 February 2014 (Tony Backx)
20/2/2014Fieldfare/Redwing c.400 (mixed flock),Woodpigeon c.500Pitgaveny Charlie Gervaise
20/2/2014Sanderling 21Lossiemouth east beach Margaret Sharpe
20/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 7,Red-breasted Merganser 1 female,Eider 70Burgheadharbour Carol & David Shaw
19/2/2014 Skylark c.8 singing Bank of Roseisle Martin Cook, Mike Collins
19/2/2014 Peregrine 1Dava Gerry Cross
19/2/2014Oystercatcher 5Forres Academy Karen Guthrie
19/2/2014Yellowhammer 24,Skylark 2 singing Dallas Dhu (Forres) Karen Guthrie
19/2/2014Glaucous Gull 1 (1st winter) flew east past Findhorn Martin Cook, Mike Collins
19/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Red-breasted Merganser 1 femaleBurgheadharbour Martin Cook, Mike Collins
19/2/2014Bar-tailed Godwit 82,Knot 25 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins

Bar-tailed Godwit and Knot in Findhorn Bay, 19 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
18/2/2014 Iceland Gull 1 adultLhanbryde pig unit Bob Proctor
18/2/2014Goosander 16 Loch Oire Bob Proctor
17/2/2014Black-throated Diver 1,Black Guillemot 2,Razorbill 3,Red-breasted Merganser 3Portknockie (between Bow Fiddle Rock and start of Cullen beach) Lenny Simpson
17/2/2014Merlin 1,Stonechat 1,Skylark 8 singingPortknockieclifftops Lenny Simpson
17/2/2014Pintail 234,Red-breasted Merganser 24,Velvet Scoter 1,Great Northern Diver 1,Goldeneye 40,Dunlin 1135 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins

Goldeneye displaying in Findhorn Bay, 17 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
17/2/2014Golden Plover 64,Velvet Scoter 1 Findhorn Bay Roy Dennis
17/2/2014Black-throated Diver 1,Great Northern Diver 1,Red-throated Diver 8Burghead Roy Dennis
16/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 8, Red-breasted Merganser 2 femalesBurgheadharbour Mark Ranner

Long-tailed Ducks [male left, female centre] and Red-breasted Merganser in Burgheadharbour, 16 February 2014 (Mark Ranner)
16/2/2014Chaffinch c700Drynachan (upper Findhorn valley) Roy Dennis
16/2/2014Little Egret 1Kingsteps (flooded quarry near car park) Iain Thomson
16/2/2014 Bullfinch 10Spynie Palace David Law

Bullfinches near Spynie Palace, 16 February 2014 (David Law)
16/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Red-breasted Merganser 2 females,Long-tailed Duck 5Burgheadharbour David Main

Red-breasted Mergansers and Long-tailed Ducks in Burgheadharbour, 16 February 2014 (David Main)
16/2/2014Brent Goose 41Nairn (flew off towards Nairn Bar) Duncan Gibson
16/2/2014Little Egret 1,Snipe 21Kingsteps (Minister's Pool) Graeme Prest
16/2/2014Grey Plover 13,Sanderling 21,Brent Goose 41,Shelduck 108Nairn Bar Graeme Prest
16/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 14 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks

Male Red-breasted Merganser, Findhorn Bay 16 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
16/2/2014Little Gull 1 adultLossie estuary Bob Proctor
16/2/2014Snow Bunting 16,Peregrine 1Lossiemouth east beach Bob Proctor,David Main
16/2/2014Sanderling 24Lossiemouth west beach Bob Proctor
16/2/2014Snow Bunting 54,Sanderling 101,Knot 3700Culbin Bar Alastair Young
16/2/2014Snow Bunting 17Nairn (on harbour wall) per Birdguides
16/2/2014Eider 61,Red-breasted Merganser 1 femaleBuckieharbour Martin Cook
15/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 1 female Burgheadharbour David Main

Red-breasted Merganser in Burgheadharbour
15/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adult Loch Spynie Duncan Gibson
15/2/2014Waxwing 8 Elgin (Morriston Road, near Elgin Academy) David Main
15/2/2014Little Gull 2 (adult and 1st winter)Lossie estuary David Main, Duncan Gibson, Henry Farquhar
15/2/2014Little Gull 3Lossiemouth (flying west) Charlie Gervaise
15/2/2014Snow Bunting 17,Peregrine 1Lossie estuary David Main
15/2/2014Linnet c100Covesea Martin Cook
14/2/2014Linnet c400Darkland David Law
14/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 1 femaleBurgheadharbour Gordon Biggs

Female Red-breasted Merganser in Burgheadharbour, 14 February 2014 (Gordon Biggs)
14/2/2014Brent Goose (pale-bellied) 1Lossie estuary Gordon Biggs
14/2/2014Brent Goose 48Nairn (near swimming pool) Alison Ritchie
14/2/2014White-fronted Goose (Greenland race) 1in Greylag flockMuirton near Lossiemouth (NJ2268) John Watson
14/2/2014 Great Crested Grebe 1,Great Northern Diver 1 off Findhorn (Richard Somers Cocks)

Great Crested Grebe off Findhorn, 14 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
14/2/2014Velvet Scoter 1,Great Northern Diver 1 Findhorn Bay (off Findhorn village) Richard Somers Cocks
13/2/2014Glaucous Gull 1 juvenileKinloss (in pig fields) per Birdguides
12/2/2014Barn Owl Geddes (near Nairn) Susan Cooper
12/2/2014Blackcap 1 maleBuckie Keith Currie

Blackcap in a Buckie garden, 12 February 2014 (Keith Currie)
12/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adult Loch Oire David Devonport

Iceland Gull, Loch Oire 12 February 2014 (David Devonport)
12/2/2014Goldfinch 35+Findochty garden Peter MacDonald
12/2/2014Little Egret 1 Minister's Pool (Kingsteps, Nairn) Martin Cook, Carol & David Shaw

Little Egret, Minister's Pool 12 February 2014 (Martin Cook)
12/2/2014Bar-tailed Godwit 29Burghead Alison Ritchie

Bar-tailed Godwits, Burghead 12 February 2014 (Alison Ritchie)
12/2/2014King Eider 1 maleNairn (off the harbour) per Birdguides
11/2/2014Kumlien's Gull 12nd winter Loch Oire David Devonport

Kumlien's Gull, Loch Oire 11 February 2014 (David Devonport)
11/2/2014Little Egret 1 Minister's Pool (Kingsteps) Dave Pullan
11/2/2014Mandarin Duck 1 male Cooper Park (Elgin) Mark Whitton
11/2/2014Shoveler 3 (2 males, 1 female),Knot 760 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins

Three Shovelers and the Knot flock in Findhorn Bay, 11 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
11/2/2014Black-throated Diver 1,Great Northern Diver 1,Red-throated Diver 1 Findhorn Bay (north end) Gordon McMullins, Richard Somers Cocks
10/2/2014Snow Bunting 13,Skylark 4 singingLossiemouth east beach Bob Johnson
10/2/2014White-fronted Goose (Greenland race)1,Skylark singingMuirton near Lossiemouth (NJ2268) Martin Cook
10/2/2014Golden Plover 25 Findhorn dunes Richard Somers Cocks

Golden Plovers in Findhorn dunes, 10 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
10/2/2014Mandarin Duck 1 male,Oystercatcher 2 Cooper Park (Elgin) Bob Proctor
10/2/2014Little Egret 1Nairn (Dunbar Golf Course) Mike McInnes

Little Egret near Nairn, 10 February 2014 (Mike McInnes)
10/2/2014Blackcap 1 maleLossiemouth (Fulmar Road) Henry Farquhar
9/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 3 (2 males, 1 female) Loch Flemington Bob Proctor
9/2/2014White-fronted Goose (Greenland race) 1,Greylag Goose 319Muirton near Lossiemouth (NJ2268) Bob Proctor
9/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 5,Red-breasted Merganser 1Buckieharbour David Law
9/2/2014Shoveler (2 male, 1 female) Findhorn Bay (off Minton Point) Gordon McMullins
9/2/2014Sanderling 25Lossiemouth west beach Carol & David Shaw
9/2/2014Waxwing 6Forres (beside A96 at Christie Elite nursery) Martin Cook
9/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 8,Goldeneye 1Hopemanharbour Martin Cook
9/2/2014Red-throated Diver 7Burghead (east of point) Tony Backx
9/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1Burgheadharbour Tony Backx, David Main, Martin Cook
8/2/2014Peregrine 1 Findhorn Bay Dave Pierce
8/2/2014Great Northern Diver 2 (1 in harbour),Red-throated Diver 8Burghead Dave Pierce
8/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 5Hopemanharbour Dave Pierce
8/2/2014Great Crested Grebe 1,Brent Goose 42Nairn west shore Dave Pierce
8/2/2014Little Egret 1,Snipe 15 Minister's Pool (Kingsteps) Dave Pierce
8/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Long-tailed Duck 4Burgheadharbour Margaret Sharpe
8/2/2014Velvet Scoter 1 male Findhorn Bay Gordon McMullins

Velvet Scoter in Findhorn Bay, 8 February 2014 (Gordon McMullins)
8/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 5Buckieharbour Martin Cook
8/2/2014Shoveler 1 male Loch na Bo Martin Cook
8/2/2014Pintail 1 femaleTugnet Martin Cook
8/2/2014Little Egret 1 Minister's Pool, Kingsteps (east of Nairn) Iain Thomson
7/2/2014Dunlin 105,Ringed Plover 17Portgordonharbour Tony Backx

Dunlin in Portgordonharbour, 7 February 2014 (Tony Backx)
7/2/2014Snow Bunting 20Nairn east beach Iain Thomson
7/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Black Guillemot 1,Long-tailed Duck 4Burgheadharbour Charlie Gervaise
7/2/2014Goshawk 1 flew from Wood of Dundurcas (Orton) towards River Spey Mark Whitton
7/2/2014Little Egret 1Kingsteps (east of Nairn) Iain Thomson, Beryl Blackhall
7/2/2014Smew 1 redhead,Whooper Swan 15 Loch na Bo John Watson
7/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Long-tailed Duck 1Burgheadharbour Bob Johnson

Great Northern Diver in Burgheadharbour 7 February 2014 (Bob Johnson)
7/2/2014Chaffinch,Greenfinch,Goldfinch all singing Nether Dallachy Martin Cook
6/2/2014Long-tailed Duck 8Hopemanharbour Mark Ranner
6/2/2014Chaffinch first songForres Ian Suttie
6/2/2014Linnet 140,Goldfinch 8,Tree Sparrow 18,Fieldfare 30 Middlefield (north of Forres) Roy Dennis
6/2/2014Pintail 247,Red-breasted Merganser 18,Eider 9,Shag 5 Findhorn Bay (opposite the village) Roy Dennis
6/2/2014 Black-throated Diver 2,Red-throated Diver 2 off Findhorn Roy Dennis
6/2/2014 (late morning)Little Egret 1 Minister's Pool (Kingsteps NH903577) Kate & Jon Clarke

Little Egret at Kingsteps near Nairn, 6 February 2014 (Jon Clarke)
6/2/2014Velvet Scoter 1,Great Northern Diver 1,Red-breasted Merganser c.25,Peregrine 1,Ringed Plover 26,Oystercatcher 501,Redshank 309,Curlew 148,Sanderling 16 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins

Ringed Plovers and displaying Red-breasted Mergansers in Findhorn Bay, 6 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
6/2/2014Gadwall 1 male Loch Oire Dave Wheeler
6/2/2014Little Gull 2 (adult and 1st winter)Lossiemouth (at river mouth) Duncan Gibson
6/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1Burgheadharbour Gordon Biggs, Tony Backx, Mark Ranner

Great Northern Diver in Burgheadharbour, 6 February 2014 (Gordon Biggs)
6/2/2014Slavonian Grebe 1Lossie estuary Gordon Biggs, David Main, Dave Wheeler
6/2/2014Great Northern Diver 3Burghead David Main
5/2/2014Smew 1 redhead,Whooper Swan 8 Loch na Bo Martin Cook
5/2/2014Gadwall 1 male Loch Oire Martin Cook
5/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 1 female,Long-tailed Duck 5Buckieharbour Martin Cook
5/2/2014Blackcap 2 females,Peregrine 1 Elgin (Academy St.) Charlie Gervaise
5/2/2014Water Rail 2 Loch Spynie Charlie Gervaise
4/2/2013Song Thrush singing Elgin (Cooper Park) Karen Guthrie
4/2/2014Slavonian Grebe 1Lossie estuary Gordon Biggs

Slavonian Grebe on the Lossie estuary, 4 February 2014 (Gordon Biggs)
4/2/2014Great Northern Diver 4Burghead (1 in harbour, 3 off east shore) Gordon Biggs
4/2/2014Grey Partridge 6 opposite Kinloss turnoff from A96 Gordon Biggs

Grey Partridge near Kinloss, 4 February 2014 (Gordon Biggs)
4/2/2014Waxwing 4Forres (near Christie Elite nursery) Roy Dennis
4/2/2014Meadow Pipit 14 Findhorn Bay Roy Dennis
3/2/2013Blackcap 1 maleForres (Knockomie Gardens) Karen Guthrie
3/2/2014Pintail 227,Shelduck 93,Knot 1010,Dunlin 1150 Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks, Gordon McMullins
3/2/2014Waxwing 5Forres (near Christie Elite nursery) Brian Bates
3/2/2014Snow Bunting 9 Findhorn (Richard Somers Cocks)

Snow Buntings at Findhorn, 3 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
3/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1 injured Cullen (opposite pet cemetery) Hugh Clarke
3/2/2014Goosander 1,Goldeneye 2,Cormorant 1 Loch Belivat Alison Ritchie
3/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1Burgheadharbour Gordon Biggs
2/2/2014Slavonian Grebe 1Lossiemouth (on River Lossie 300m upstream from caravan park) Frank Antley
2/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1,Red-breasted Merganser 3,Cormorant 9 Loch Flemington Bob Proctor
2/2/2014Water Rail 3 Loch Spynie (at feeders near hide) Henry Farquhar
2/2/2014Great Northern Diver 2Burghead (1 in harbour, 1 off point) Dave Pullan
2/2/2014Black-throated Diver 2,Red-throated Diver 2,Great Northern Diver 1,Slavonian Grebe 2 off Findhorn Richard Somers Cocks

Red-throated Diver off Findhorn, 2 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
2/2/2014Snow Bunting 7 Findhorn point Richard Somers Cocks
2/2/2014Velvet Scoter 1 male Findhorn Bay Richard Somers Cocks
2/2/2014 Little Gull 5Lossiemouth (4 flew west past Beach Bar, 1 off harbour west basin) Henry Farquhar
2/2/2014 (early afternoon)White-billed Diver 1,Little Auk 2 flew past Burghead per Birdguides
2/2/2014 Great Northern Diver 1, Black Guillemot 1,Long-tailed Duck 1Burgheadharbour Tony Backx, Gordon Biggs

Long-tailed Duck [left] and Great Northern Diver, Burgheadharbour 2 February 2014 (Gordon Biggs)
2/2/2014Merlin 1Darkland David Law
2/2/2014Red-breasted Merganser 1 femaleBuckieharbour Martin Cook

Female Red-breasted Merganser in Buckieharbour, 2 February 2014 (Martin Cook)
1/2/2014Mediterranean Gull 1 adultNairn Ken Shaw
1/2/2014Little Gull 11Lossiemouth Ken Shaw
1/2/2014Whooper Swan 15Calcots David Law
1/2/2014Little Auk 3 (2 flying west, 1 east), Black Guillemot 4 off Findhorn beach Dean MacAskill
1/2/2014 Great Skua 1,Slavonian Grebe 1,Purple Sandpiper 11Nairn (from west Golf Clubhouse) Dean MacAskill
1/2/2014Snow Bunting 4Carse of Delnies Dean MacAskill
1/2/2014Glaucous Gull 1 (1st winter),Oystercatcher 3,Curlew 255Cloddach quarry Martin Cook
1/2/2014Pintail 1 female Loch na Bo Martin Cook
1/2/2014Iceland Gull 1 adult,Gadwall 1 male,Goosander 10 Loch Oire Martin Cook

Adult Iceland Gull, Loch Oire 1 February 2014 (Martin Cook)
1/2/2014Velvet Scoter 1 male Findhorn Bay (off piers near village) Richard Somers Cocks

Velvet Scoter in Findhorn Bay, 1 February 2014 (Richard Somers Cocks)
1/2/2014Little Gull 6(4 adults, 2 1st winter)Lossiemouth (off harbour west basin) Bob Proctor, Duncan Gibson, David Devonport
1/2/2014Mandarin Duck 1 male Cooper Park (Elgin) Bob Proctor
1/2/2014Little Auk 1 flew west past Lossiemouth Bob Proctor
1/2/2014 Common Scoter 80Burghead Carol & David Shaw, Dave Pierce
1/2/2014Great Northern Diver 1, Eider 36,Long-tailed Duck 4Burgheadharbour David Main, Tony Backx, Carol & David Shaw, Dave Pierce

Great Northern Diver, Burgheadharbour 1 February 2014 (David Main)
1/2/2014 Little Gull 2 (1st winter)Lossiemouth Tony Backx
1/2/2014Little Gull 4 (3 adult, 1 immature)Lossiemouth Dave Pierce
1/2/2014Gannet 1 low over Burghead David Main