Bird residents and Visitors at Rosehearty Beach End Dunes:
Grey Heron, Jackdaw, Curlew, Whimbrell, Knot, Oyster Catcher, Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Redshank, Greenshank, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Jack snipe, Woodcock, Golden Plover, Turnstone, Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Little Stint, Sanderling Pectoral Sandpiper, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-Backed Gull, Lesser Black- backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Kittiwake, Black Headed Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Wood Pigeon, Collared Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Long-Eared Owl, Tawny Owl, Swift, Skylark, Sand Martin, Swallow, Grey Wagtail, House Martin, Rock Pipit, Pied Wagtail, Starling, Waxwing, Magpie, Rook, Hooded Crow, Willow Warbler, Short Billed Dowitcher.

Click here to find out about the first sighting on main land Britain of a Short-Billed Dowitcher.

Birds Seen Near Lochielair Over the Years:
Black-Throated Diver, Red-Throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Eider, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Fulmar, Manx Sheerwater, Leach's Petrel, Storm Petrel, Gannet, Cormorant, Shag, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Greylag Goose, Pink-Footed Goose, Mallard, Pintail, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Shelduck, Tufted Duck, Golden Eye, Red-Breasted Mergaser, Goosander, White-Tailed Sea Eagle, Buzzard, Merlin,Sparrowhawk, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Corncrake, Great Skua, Razorbill, Iceland Gull, Guillemot, Little Auk, Puffin, Rock Dove.

The above list was recorded by Norman Fordyce (Nature Correspondent) over some 50 years. Some were also reported by reliable bird lovers in the area.