Hawkeye
Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Balranald, North Uist
12 Lapland Buntings reported as being present on the reserve along with 150 Barnacle Geese and 85 Pale-bellied Brent Geese. 2 Great Skuas were also seen at Aird an Runair
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
A juvenile Iceland Gull still to be found in the inner harbour
Coot Loch, Benbecula
7 Swallows seen feeding around the loch
Ness area, Isle of Lewis
News from Tony Marr:-
"With a northerly gale and temperatures feeling as though they have come directly from the North Pole, complete with snow, sleet, hail and rain, birds were hunkering down and staying put today."
Butt of Lewis
12 Lapland Buntings reported as being present on the reserve along with 150 Barnacle Geese and 85 Pale-bellied Brent Geese. 2 Great Skuas were also seen at Aird an Runair
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
A juvenile Iceland Gull still to be found in the inner harbour
Coot Loch, Benbecula
7 Swallows seen feeding around the loch
Ness area, Isle of Lewis
News from Tony Marr:-
"With a northerly gale and temperatures feeling as though they have come directly from the North Pole, complete with snow, sleet, hail and rain, birds were hunkering down and staying put today."
Butt of Lewis
- Black-tailed Godwits – 2
- Golden Plover – 1,200 (pm)
- Whooper Swan – still 6 present
- *Green-winged Teal* – still present
- Pintail – a pair again
- Shoveler – a drake
- Black-tailed Godwit – 40 (am) increased to 66 (pm)
- Dunlin – 7