28th July 2017

[Hawkeye]

Brevig, Barra
A two hour seawatch off Brevig from dawn produced circa 6500 Manx Shearwaters, 3 Pomerine Skuas and an Arctic Skua, all moving south.

Ardveenish, Barra
Siskins are still coming to feeders at a house there

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
A three hour seawatch early this morning produced 3 Red-throated Divers (S), 19 Fulmars (17S 2 N), 1 Sooty Shearwater (S), 115 Manx Shearwaters (S), 240 Gannets (234S 6N), 3 Kittiwakes (S), 8 Arctic Terns (S), 1 Great Skua (S), 1 Arctic Skua (N), 2 Guillemots (S), 9 Razorbills (S) and 29 auk sp (S). Also present in the area were 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Whimbrel, 25 Turnstone 1 Wheatear and a Shoveller.

Aird, Benbecula
6 Black-tailed Godwits seen today with another nearby on the Lionacleit machair

Loch Mor, Benbecula
3 Whimbrel flew south this morning


Siskin courtesy of John Pendrey

 

[YvonneB]

Not too good a day weather-wise. There certainly seem to be a lot of Meadow Pipits passing through today, particularly this afternoon.

 

[BrianR]

Rather meagre seawatching fare at Aird an Runair this morning when compared with Barra and South Uist with only some 50 Manx Shearwaters to show for an hour watch. The wind had too much south in it to produce much for this site (same applies to autumn watches from nearby Griminish Point). The lateness of my watch compared to the other two, however, probably didn't help! There had been an influx of Herring Gulls and also present was an Iceland Gull.