• 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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4th September 2018

MisterT

Always Birding
Scanning through the newly arrived Black-tailed Godwits now passing through the islands, I found this colour ringed individual at Kilpheder. It turns out to be one of Peter Potts birds ringed this year as a chick on 13th July 2018 at Skeidsfossstod, Fljot, Skagafjardarsysla, N Iceland

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Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
News from Andrew Stevenson:

Balgarva: juvenile curlew sandpiper
South Ford: 130 grey plover, 175 barwits, 30 knot (22 at Balgarva on 2 Sep)
Bornish machair: 117 blackwits; 20+ sand martins & c40 swallows

90 blackwits on Drimsdale machair on 2 Sep.

Red Admiral in the garden today first for a couple of weeks.

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