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News from Andrew:

30 Apr – female king eider with a small group of eider in the south bay at 8:40 this morning though the eiders had moved off by the time I got back with my camera!
Also 11 pink feet and 10 greylag heading NW, latter presumably Icelandic. c10 whimbrel and 15 white wagtails.
4 blackwits and pair of pintail still on Bornish machair floods

29 Apr – 18 blackwits and the pintail pair on the machair plus at least 10 sand martins. 1 Bonxie N, 8 wheatears and 20 white wagtails, 18 whimbrel at the point.

27 Apr – 47 brent geese on the point feeding. 2 swallows and 3 sand martins. 1 Arctic skua N
 

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Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 30th April 2020. Updated throughout the day

Carinish, North Uist
4 Little Terns, 25 Acrtic Terns, 1 Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Terns, 2 Long-tailed Duck and 8 Whimbrel were seen on North Ford from Baile Iochdrach

Castlebay, Barra
The Magpie was seen at the childrens centre today

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Magpie (C) and courtesy of Ian Ricketts
 
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