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The Manx Ornithological Society shares its monthly sightings reports and encourages the public to record wild birds sightings to inform conservation action that creates a better future for birds and people.
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March 2024 sightings
The first Swallow, Sandwich Tern and Sand Martin. The March 2024 bird sightings report is here.
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February 2024 sightings
A Great White Egret and a Cattle Egret spotted perhaps for the first time in the same month, plus a large gaggle of Pink-footed Geese. The February 2024 bird sightings report is here.
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January 2024 sightings
A large flock of Reed Bunting, the return of the Tree Sparrow and a rare Slavonian Grebe. The January 2024 bird sightings report is here.
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December 2023 sightings
A record Christmas and the first winter birds are spotted. The December 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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November 2023 sightings
Ramsey's long staying Waxwing flock has caused a stir and there is the first local recording of a Cetti's Warbler. The November 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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October 2023 sightings
A Cattle Egret at Cranstal, returning wintering wildfowl and a Manx first, a Radde's Warbler on the Calf of Man. The October 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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September 2023 sightings
A month of departures and arrivals, some unexpected. The Red-eyed Vireo joins the influx of North American birds. The September 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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August 2023 sightings
Return migration brings a variety of waders and several Osprey. The August 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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July 2023 sightings
Only the second Isle of Man sighting of a Pectoral Sandpiper, plus a rare Greenshank on the Calf of Man . The July 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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June 2023 sightings
A Grey-headed Wagtail is spotted for the first time and there is the rare sighting of a Roseate Tern. The June 2023 birds sightings report is here.
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May 2023 sightings
The first Arctic Tern of the year at the Point of Ayre, Swifts aplenty and the return of a familiar visitor the Great Skua to the Calf of Man. The May 2023 bird sightings report is here.
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April 2023 sightings
Terns return, Cuckoo are sighted and there’s an early Spotted Flycatcher on the Calf of Man. The April 2023 bird sightings report is here.
