Male Ruff and 5 Black-tailed Godwits on the cut silage fields at Cornaigmore, Tiree today in with 200 Oystercatcher, 250 Golden Plover & 470 Lapwing. Also a handful of Greenshanks on the loch edges & 220+ Sanderling on the beaches #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

An amazing day for dragonflies on Tiree today - this male Red-veined Darter shared the same lochan at Heylipol with a male Lesser Emperor - both first records for the island. Also a Common Hawker (rare here) at Balephuil @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Now is the time to dig up invasive non-native Giant Rhubarb before its fruits ripen - four more plants removed from fields at Balephuil, Tiree today #InvasivePlants

Here's a close-up of the same flowers taken this morning. What do you think?

A couple of mid-July scarcities on Tiree today: a Whooper Swan new at Loch Riaghain and a Woodpigeon new at Balephuil #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Spectacular hybrid orchids on Tiree today (perhaps Frog x Common-spotted Orchid (?) - although the leaves are unspotted) - we see more hybrids here in good orchid summers (like this one) @ukorchids.bsky.social

A damp Ringed Plover on Tiree today, following a week of extensive low cloud, dreich conditions and rain out here #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Looking like a good, if late, breeding season for Kittiwakes at Ceann a' Mhara, Tiree - 680 pairs with some 1,100+ chicks counted there today #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Hundreds of Pyramidal Orchids just now on the Tiree machairs - the cool damp spring/early summer out here has brought them out in bumper numbers @ukorchids.bsky.social

Fledged Dunnock today in the Balephuil garden - only the 2nd confirmed successful breeding record of this species for the island! A good year for other rare breeders in the garden including fledged Chiffchaffs, Whitethroats and Goldfinches plus an early juv Cuckoo on 1 July #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

An early return of adult waders to Tiree including 175 Black-tailed Godwits yesterday at Loch an Eilein and dozens of Dunlin and Sanderling at Gott Bay today, plus 2 early Ruff - suggestive of a poor breeding season? #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Over 1,200 Kittiwakes at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree today in the dreich conditions - a high count for the site #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Lovely Peach Blossom in the garden Heath trap at Balephuil last night was the first record for the island of Tiree, also a few migrants including Rush Veneer and Silver Y #teammoth

4 Black-tailed Godwits at Cornaigbeg, Tiree yesterday, with 2 Med Gulls also there (ad and 2cy), plus 58 Curlew nearby at Cornaigmore & 6 Sanderling at Gott Bay - feeling like autumn already... #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

A bit like buses! Tiree's second Red-breasted Flycatcher of the spring was in the Balephuil garden last night together with a late Blackcap, although no sign of it this morning. #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

Migrant Spotted Flycatcher new in the Balephuil, Tiree garden today with the current warm SE airflow - the sixth of the spring here so far #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

At least 4 Puffins rafting with other off-duty auks off the seabird cliffs at Ceann a' Mhara, Tiree on this week's seabird counts. They nest only very rarely at this site because of the presence of rats #BirdingScotland

Female-type Red-breasted Flycatcher new in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this afternoon - the 12th record for the garden since 2011 and the 8th in spring #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

Belated news: this smart adult American Golden Plover was photographed by Lachie Brown at Hough machair, Tiree on 23 May 2026 #BirdingScotland @birdguides.bsky.social

Finally, some easterly-based breezes drifted a few migrants to Tiree today including 2 Siskins, a Blackcap, 3 Woodpigeons, 10+ Collared Doves and a singing male Chaffinch. Hopefully, something scarcer yet to come... #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Smart Wood Sandpiper at Balinoe, Tiree last night. Migrant Robin, Blackcap and 5 House Martins the lowly highlights so far today... #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

A couple of House Martins on the Balephuil, Tiree 3km patch this pm after the rain, the first here since late April. Hopefully, more migrants to come with this southerly airflow.... #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Common Sandpiper at Crossapol, Tiree this morning - a rare breeder here 25 years ago (1 or 2 pairs), there are now at least 15 pairs scattered around the more sheltered parts of the coast #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Drake American Wigeon new at Loch an Eilein, Tiree today on my WeBS count, also 2 Siskins at Balephuil - the first of the year here #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

Mixed passage flocks of Dunlin and Ringed Plover are all over Tiree's machairs and beaches just now - well over 1,000 of each species this morning around the eastern half of the island alone #BirdingScotland

2CY Iceland Gull at Heylipol today - the first of the year here. Also now 3 Tree Sparrows at Balephuil and dozens of Whimbrel passing through #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

2 Tree Sparrows new in the Balephuil #Tiree garden this morning - a very scarce but annual spring migrant to the island #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Great to have Corncrakes back on Tiree in good numbers including this furtive male in the Balephuil garden horsetails this morning. Also a Tree Pipit yesterday new for the year on the Balephuil patch #PWC2026 #BirdingScotland

It has been a good spring for passage Whimbrel on Tiree. This was one of a flock of 12 on the machair at Kilmoluaig this morning #PWC2026 #BirdingScotland

Spotted Flycatcher new in the Balephuil garden am, easily the earliest on record for Tiree - also a smattering of migrant Woodpigeons, Collared Doves & Whitethroats, plus a Wood Sandpiper at Balinoe - probably y'day's bird from Loch a' Phuill #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social