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Citrine Wagtail, Cleat, Barra 2020 © Bruce Taylor

Citrine Wagtail, Cleat, Barra 2020 © Bruce Taylor

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 10th September 2020. Updated throughout the day Stornoway, Isle of Lewis A Leach's Petrel, 40 Storm Petrels and 20 Sooty Shearwaters were seen from the Ullapool -Stornoway ferry Hirta, St Kilda The ***Snowy Owl*** was again seen in...

Blue-winged Teal, Barra 2020 © Bruce Taylor

Barred Warbler, Brevig, Barra 2020 (C) Bruce Taylor

Common Crossbill, Barra, 2020. (C) Bruce Taylor

Blyth's Reed Warbler, Barra June 2020. (C) Ian Ricketts

Blyth's Reed Warbler, Bruernish, Barra September 2019 (C) Bruce Taylor

Brown Shrike, Morghan, Barra, November 2019. (C) Bruce Taylor

Pechora Pipit, Castlebay, Barra 2018 (C) Ian Thompson

Pechora Pipit, Castlebay, Barra 2018 (C) Ian Ricketts

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 18th August 2019. Updated throughout the day Lower Barvas Isle of Lewis 14 Woodpigeon were seen there today Bragar Bay, Isle of Lewis 3 Great Northern Divers and a Ruff were seen there this morning Sound of Taransay, Isle of Harris 110...

Merlin, Isle of Barra, August 2019 (C) Bruce Taylor

Two-barred Crossbill, Bruernish, Barra, August 2019 (C) Bruce Taylor

I found a male Two-barred Crossbill at Bruernish, Barra this morning. It flew in from the north at around 11.10 and fed on spruce cones until around mid day. At one point it flew off high to the east before returning a minute or so later. It was extremely vocal. There has been no sign of it...

White-rumped Sandpiper, Caolis, vatersay July 2019 (C) Ian Thompson

White-rumped Sandpiper, Caolis, Vetersay July 2019 (C) Ian Thompson

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 23rd June 2019. Updated throughout the day Balranald, North Uist A Rose-coloured Starling and a Quail seen on the machair at Aird an Runair this morning Rubh' Arnal, North Uist A 2CY Glaucous Gull was there today Coot Loch, Benbecula A...

A visit to North Loch Eynort on a very calm morning meant that I could hear the birds singing. Two male Whitethroats were in full voice and a Spotted Flycatcher was near the car park. There were several pairs of Redpolls in the new planation, some of which drew my attention to a roosting...

A Curlew Sandpiper was in the tern/colony at Aird an Runair, North Uist this morning. In very 'dull' plumage (similar to the two that were present at Baleshare in May). A Quail was calling near the N shore of Loch nam Feithean, North Uist later.