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National Rarity 21st September 2017

BrianR

Senior Member
On a glorious day it was fairly quiet bird-wise during a visit to Aird an Runair, North Uist this morning. Two Ruff were present, a Peregrine closely followed by another, flew towards Port Scolpaig and there were at least four Lapland Buntings present. An Otter was resting on a kind of platform in the reed-bed at the back of Loch a' Roe. I have noticed this before at the same place.

As usual at this time of year there is much goose-shooting taking place. At Port Scolpaig casualties included Pink-footed Geese - a legal quarry species of course but unlike the resident Greylags no threat to the crops as they mostly overfly the islands or pause briefly on their migration from Greenland/Iceland.
 
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