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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 14th October 2021. Updated throughout the day

Loch Stiapabhat, Isle of Lewis
A Little Egret was there this morning

Cheese Bay, North Uist
A Pied Flycatcher and three Redwing were there today

Coot Loch, Benbecula
The *Black-necked Grebe* was seen there again today

Askernish, South Uist
A Chiffchaff was seen in a garden there

Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:40-10:35
Weather: Wind W f5-6 gust 7.Dull and murky, rain for much of watch. Temp 13c.

A 3 hour seawatch this morning produced 1 Barnacle Goose (N), 4 Eider (3S 1N), 4 Red-throated Divers (3S 1N), 1 Black-throated Diver (S), 3 Great Northern Divers (S), 434 Gannets (432S N), 4 Shag (1S 3N), 5 Golden Plovers (S - in of sea), 15 Kittiwakes (S), 39 Common Gulls (S), 3 Great black-backed Gulls (S), 1 Arctic Skua (S), 5 Razorbills (S), and 10 auk sp.
Also present in the area were Tufted Duck 22, Red-breasted Merganser 7, Red-throated Diver 2, Common Buzzard 1, Ringed Plover 45, Bar-tailed Godwit 3, Turnstone 20, Sanderling 15, and Dunlin 8



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Little Egret (C) Sam Hawkins
 

Bruce

Senior Member
Barra
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Morghan, 30+ Siskins, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and 2 Blackcaps at Creachan and a Barred Warbler also reported there by others.
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Red-breasted Flycatcher
 
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