• When here in the Outer Hebrides and looking at a bird, have you ever wondered how rare it is? The status of all species can vary enormously from island to island. How rare is Shoveler on Barra, has Stock Dove been seen on Harris, does Dotterel occur on Benbecula in the autumn, and how common is Blue Tit on North Uist? Well, fret no longer! The Status and Distribution of birds here on the Outer Hebrides has been completely updated and summarised for every species and each of the main islands and outliers. Available as an online resource at https://status.outerhebrides-birdreports.org/ or via our shop

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  1. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    62. Lesser Redpoll, a ringed bird in the garden, first ringed here as a juvenile bird on 9th August 2023 :)
  2. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    61. Merlin on the machair this morning
  3. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    60. Meadow Pipit - at last! They have been absent from the patch so far this winter, this one was in the garden this morning.
  4. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    59. Pied Wagtail Flew over while I was sitting on the bench outside the house enjoying the sunshine. Not new for the patch list this year but two White-tailed Eagles gave great views too.
  5. UistBTO

    British gulls contribute to plastic pollution in European wetlands

    The threats posed by plastic pollution to marine environments have long been understood but this study sheds new light on the potential problems faced by freshwater sites. A paper recently published by the Doñana Biological Station, of the Spanish Science Council (CSIC), and in collaboration...
  6. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    58. Long-tailed Tit in Bill's garden
  7. YvonneB

    SBRC Latest SBRC Decisions - February 2024

    Short-toed Lark, Hushinish, Harris, 12/10/2023, ACCEPT
  8. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    56. Shoveler 57. Pintail Both at Loch Hallan
  9. YvonneB

    Local Rarity 28th January 2024

    It's that RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch time of year, good numbers of birds in the garden in this inclement winter weather, great to see them enjoying the relative shelter and the food (sunflower seeds, fat balls, meal worms and apple). 29 Goldfinches 21 House Sparrows 15 Collared Doves 13...
  10. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    54. Kestrel seen flying over late morning 55. Woodcock at dusk
  11. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    53. Linnet - one at the feeder this morning. Fourth day of snow here :) Looking south from home towards Hallan. In the far distance you can just make out the snow white hills of Barra. No ducks, geese or swans on the loch, it's been frozen for a couple of days now.
  12. YvonneB

    15th January 2024

    Monthly BTO WeBS counts at Loch Bee and the South Ford. Both sites were a little quiet I thought and the periodic loss of visibility when snow showers blew in didn't help the cause much! Weather was very variable, from snow to sunshine but always cold. Loch Bee: c330 Mute Swans and 23 Whooper...
  13. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    51. Snipe - very cold and frosty overnight brought a Snipe into the garden looking for food 52. Goldcrest - a male ringed this morning The local lochs were frozen first thing this morning
  14. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    50. Wren - ringed in the garden
  15. YvonneB

    National Rarity 5th January 2024

    There were four Scaup (3f and 1m) and 7 Black-tailed Godwits in the south-west corner of Loch Bee while the drake Ring-necked Duck and the 2CY drake Scaup were again on the east side of the causeway. On The Range there were 7 Fieldfare with many Redwings and 120+ Barnacle Geese were on Kilaulay...
  16. YvonneB

    National Rarity 3rd January 2024

    A necessary trip up to Benbecula today had the bonus of adding five new species to the year list, making it 62 species now: Shoveler at Coot Loch, Peregrine and Grey Plover at Stinky Bay, Short-eared Owl near Loch Bee and finally a Little Egret at Bornish A very juvvy-looking Peregrine It...
  17. YvonneB

    National Rarity 1st January 2024

    57 species for the day, Askernish south to Smerclate, nothing really out of the ordinary. Several sightings of White-tailed Eagle (one of which was my second bird of the year after Blackbird!), there were six Greenland White-fronted Geese, both male and female Hen Harrier, Long-tailed duck...
  18. YvonneB

    Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2024

    Welcome to 2024 and wishing you all the best for the year to come! My first bird of the year on my Askernish patch was a Blackbird, second bird of the year was a White-tailed Eagle - there can't be many places this would happen :D 1. Blackbird 2. White-tailed Eagle 3. Tufted Duck 4...
  19. UistBTO

    Surveys Volunteers needed to count winter gulls

    In winter, gulls flock together to roost communally on lakes, reservoirs and estuaries across the UK, in groups that can number many hundreds or even thousands of individuals. Understanding where these roosts occur, and the numbers of birds using them, is key to helping us to protect these...
  20. YvonneB

    WTE and Greylag goose

    Hi Sarah, and welcome to the website, I personally have not seen them hunting geese, but it is something that is being reported more frequently. They are known to do this on other islands and have been seen to hunt them as a team on Islay, so perhaps it is not so surprising that it happens here...
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