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DC Raptor records
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yearspeciesGrid referenceNest siteNest typeVisit datesOccupancyEggs LaidEggs HatchedLarge YoungYoung FledgedReason for failureNote re:failureOther notes
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2016MerlinNN755305/05,29/05,28/06Unaged pairOutcome unknownNoNoNo
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2017MerlinNN755313/04,14/05,28/05,14/06,03/07,12/07No signs and no birds
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2018MerlinNN7530752736HeatherScrape28/04,30/04,13/05,31/05,17/06,05/07,13/07Adult pair4444
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2019MerlinNN755535HeatherScrape09/05,23/06,07/07,19/07Adult pairYesYesYes2
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2020MerlinNN756536HeatherScrape20/06,06/07,16/07Adult pairYesYesYes2Pair seen end of April by Project Officer for Dun Coillich. Nest not located but known to be very close to Grid Reference.
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2021MerlinNN75652 53664HeatherScrape09/04,02/05,20/05,17/06,29/06,07/07Adult pair43+3Outcome unknownUnknown causeNot certain what happened. One MAY have fledged but there was very little down around the area. Also male came to nest with food on 07/07 but neither fledgings or female appeared.
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2022MerlinNN755314/04,08/05,26/05,05/06No signs and no birds
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2015Hen HarrierNN757533HeatherNew self-built nest05/04,09/04,01/05,20/05,01/06,12/06,19/06,29/06,30/06Adult pairYesYesYes1+
Male originally seen displaying in usual area of Allt Mor. Further records including those from T Fison and Liz Auty showed the birds had moved to Dun Coillich Community woodland - new alternate.
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2016Hen HarrierNN75712 53663HeatherNew self-built nest13/03,17/04,05/05,30/05,24/06,28/06,11/07Adult pair5+4+44Brian Etheridge & Guy Anderson sat tagged female from nest. 3 females + 1 male ringed.
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2017Hen HarrierNN7546053278HeatherNew self-built nest13/04,14/05,28/05,14/06,28/06,03/07,12/07Adult pair5+554+One young tagged by Jenny Weston, Brian Etheridge and staffan Roos.
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2017Hen HarrierNN7594753192HeatherNew self-built nest13/04,14/05,28/05,14/06,03/07Adult pair4+4+42+
Fledged young count not satisfactory as there could easily have been more. 5 birds were seen in the air by a DC volunteer so could have been pair plus 3 young or even female plus 4 young.
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2018Hen HarrierNN75454 53107HeatherNew self-built nest22/03,19/04,28/04,30/04,13/05,31/05,17/06Adult pairNoNoNoNoOther cause (specify in next column)Unfinished nest located on 13/05. Female still sitting on same nest with no eggs on 31/05. Was she/he infertile?There may have been other harriers involved in this territory. Possibly a second female on 31/05.
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2018Hen HarrierNN75849 53245HeatherNew self-built nest22/03,19/04,28/04,30/04,13/05,31/05,17/06,20/06,05/07Adult pair4333Keen, sat taged by BE on 20/06 with Mairi Gougeon HH species champion present. I egg was not properly formed and was 1/2 the size of the others.
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2019Hen HarrierNN7567853616HeatherNew self-built nest12/04,03/05,09/05,29/05,23/06Adult pair5YesNoNoPredation - unidentifiedNo young in nest when visited with Will Hayward & Brian Etheridge on 23/06 to tag 1 young.
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2020Hen HarrierNN75290 53442HeatherNew self-built nest20/03,20/06,24/06,06/07,16/07Adult pair5+52+2+Sightings passed on during latter part of Lockdown by Heather Hamilton
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2020Hen HarrierNN75968 53357HeatherNew self-built nest20/06,24/06,16/07,13/08,Adult pair53+2+23 small chicks + 2 unhatched eggs on 16/07. 2 eggs may not have hatched.
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2021Hen HarrierNN7572153779HeatherNew self-built nest09/04,02/05,20/05,03/06,17/06,29/06Adult pair83NoNoPredation - unidentifiedOn 29/06 nest visited by RSPB tagging team. No young only down in nest.Unusual situation at this nest with 6 eggs on 20/05 but 3 chicks + 5 eggs on the 03/06. Possibly a second female had laid into nest as well.
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2021Hen HarrierNN7559553283HeatherNew self-built nest09/04,16/04,02/05,20/05,03/06,17/06,29/06,06/07,13/07Adult pair4+443+RSPB tagged male bird Hull on the 06/07.
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2021Hen HarrierNN7554953588HeatherNew self-built nest09/04,16/04,02/05,17/06,29/06,07/07Adult pair55NoNoPredation - mammalA few metres away from nest, moss was scraped up suggesting a badger? Also 2 metres away another failed nest possibly the first attempt which had the remains of around 4 eggs.
This is the first time there has been a third pair of harriers on Dun Coillich but the actual territories are confusing. It was still close to a previously used site and the 2 adjacent males had been seen fighting over the previously used territory.
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2022Hen HarrierNN7565153722HeatherNew self-built nest20/03,14/04,08/05,26/05,05/06Adult pair3+NoPredation - unidentifiedEggs eaten in nest but shell remaining
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2022Hen HarrierNN7585253336HeatherNew self-built nest20/03,14/04,08/05,26/05,26/06,05/07Adult pair5554+
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2015Northern RavenNN762524Inland cliff/cragOld self-built nest22/03,09/04,01/05,15/05Adult pairYesYesYes2
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2016Northern RavenNN762524Inland cliff/cragOld self-built nest13/03,17/04,05/05,30/05Adult pairYesYes55
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2017Northern RavenNN756529Inland cliff/cragOld self-built nest10/03,13/04,14/05Adult pairYesYesYes2+
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2018Northern RavenNN756529Inland cliff/cragOld self-built nest22/03,29/03,19/04,30/04,13/05,31/05,17/06Adult pairYesYes33Peregrine on crags on 29/03. Late nest.
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2019Northern RavenNN756529Inland cliff/cragOld self-built nest12/04,09/05,29/05Adult pairYesYesNoNoUnknown cause
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2020Northern RavenNN7653Inland cliff/crag20/03,26/04,24/06Adult pairYesYesYes3+Pair did not breed at usual nest site but HH, project manager, believes they may have been in the NE area of the property. WM had family on 24/06.
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2021Northern RavenNN762524Inland cliff/crag17/03,09/04,20/05No signs and no birds3 birds on 17/03 but not breeding. Nest site taken over by breeding kestrels.
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2022Northern RavenNN756529Inland cliff/crag20/03,14/04No signs and no birdsIn nesting areas on various other dates while checking for harriers but nothing seen.
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2017Common KestrelNN757534Inland cliff/cragScrape14/06,03/07,12/07Adult pairYesYesYes2
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2018Common KestrelNN757534Inland cliff/crag22/03,19/04,28/04,13/05,31/05,17/06Adult pairOutcome unknown
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NoNoUnknown causePair around usual nesting crag early in season but no evidence of successful breeding on later visits
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2019Common KestrelNN757534Inland cliff/crag12/04,29/04,09/05,23/06,07/07No signs and no birds
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2020Common KestrelNN756529Inland cliff/cragOld other species' nest20/03,20/06,16/07Adult pairYesYesYesOutcome unknownOur observations + those of HH, the project officer for Dun Coillich suggest that the pair were probably successful. They had taken over a raven's nest.
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2021Common KestrelNN761527Inland cliff/cragOld other species' nest17/03,10/04,03/06,17/06,29/06Adult pair2+2+222 large young in the nest on 17/06. Presumed to have fledged successfully. Adult hunting near-by on 29/06.
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2022Common KestrelNN761527Inland cliff/cragOld other species' nest14/04,21/04,05/06,05/07Adult pairOutcome unknownNoUnknown causePair present on 14/04 and seen on 21/04 going into 2021 nest site but nothing after.
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2015Short-eared OwlNN7554 & 755320/05,26/05,01/06,29/06Adult pairYesYesYesOutcome unknownBirds seen hunting regulalrly early in morning. Adult seen attacking female HH on 29/06. Presumed to have been successful but no fledged young seen.
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