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Scottish Rarity 9th April 2018
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Hawkeye
Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 9th April 2018.
Barvas, Isle of Lewis
1 Brambling reported there today
Aird an Runair - 2 adult Iceland Gulls flew north there this morning, 4 immature Glaucous Gulls were also present.
Nearby there were 3 Pintail on Loch nam Feithean and 2 were at Loch Hosta along with a drake Scaup.
Quite a few geese seen today:-
A Brambling was seen in a garden there
Barvas, Isle of Lewis
1 Brambling reported there today
Aird an Runair - 2 adult Iceland Gulls flew north there this morning, 4 immature Glaucous Gulls were also present.
Nearby there were 3 Pintail on Loch nam Feithean and 2 were at Loch Hosta along with a drake Scaup.
Quite a few geese seen today:-
- 60 Greenland White-fronted Geese seen flying north over Creag Hastain early this morning
- 1 Pink-footed Goose was with Barnacle Geese at Kyles
- 7 White-fronted Geese flying north over Loch Paible this morning
- 1 Pink-footed Goose was with Barnacle Geese at Balranald
A Brambling was seen in a garden there
On Barra my 1st swallow of the year was over Loch Tangasdale and a willow warbler was new in at Creachan. 2 sandwich terns were roosting on rocks near Eoligarry jetty and the white-billed diver was again offshore. There were still large numbers of redwings around the island though not the hordes seen yesterday. 20 whooper swans, 199 barnacle geese and 62 Greenland white-fronted geese flew north over Brevig in an hour this evening.
At Aird an Runair later in the morning a ♂ Green-winged Teal was again on Loch a' Roe. Two Black-tailed Godwits were on the seaweed.
Six Whooper Swans flew N over Eachkamish, North Uist in the evening (viewed from the Carinish shore). Also two Little Terns that appeared to move through the area. Not close views but distinctive hovering over the water - previous earliest arrival date April 12th.
Also hundreds of Redwings at many places today
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Six Whooper Swans flew N over Eachkamish, North Uist in the evening (viewed from the Carinish shore). Also two Little Terns that appeared to move through the area. Not close views but distinctive hovering over the water - previous earliest arrival date April 12th.
Also hundreds of Redwings at many places today
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Chris Johnson
Senior Member
Also hundreds of redwings around the north-west area of South Uist. 240 golden plovers on the range.
Just 18 barnacle geese seen at Ardicavhar, and a goldcrest in the fruit cage.
Just 18 barnacle geese seen at Ardicavhar, and a goldcrest in the fruit cage.
YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
Excellent, thanks Andy
Hawkeye
Eyes and Ears Everywhere
News from the weekend and Monday by Tony Marr up in Ness
Saturday 7 April
Pinkfeet – 75 in from SE (1545) over Loch Stiapavat circled several times before going off down the west coast into the fog
Shoveler – a pair on Loch Stiapavat
Golden Plover – 265 on Eoropie machair
Iceland Gull – 3rd W at the Butt
Lapland Bunting – a male at the sheep troughs in the field leading down to Loch Stiapavat (pm)
Sunday 8 April
Whooper Swan – 3 on Loch Stiapavat
Monday 9 April
Pinkfeet – at the Butt in the morning one flock of 500 arrived along the coast from SE and came down near Loch Stiapavat (1000); at (1020) they took off and headed off out to sea to the NW out of sight. Another 500 in four flocks arrived from SE at the Butt but turned back and came down in the Loch Stiapavat area (presumably deterred from departing by the prevailing fog).
Shoveler – pair still present
Pintail – pair new in at Loch Stiapavat
Golden Plover – 165 on Eoropie machair
Northern Wheatear – first one (a female)
Saturday 7 April
Pinkfeet – 75 in from SE (1545) over Loch Stiapavat circled several times before going off down the west coast into the fog
Shoveler – a pair on Loch Stiapavat
Golden Plover – 265 on Eoropie machair
Iceland Gull – 3rd W at the Butt
Lapland Bunting – a male at the sheep troughs in the field leading down to Loch Stiapavat (pm)
Sunday 8 April
Whooper Swan – 3 on Loch Stiapavat
Monday 9 April
Pinkfeet – at the Butt in the morning one flock of 500 arrived along the coast from SE and came down near Loch Stiapavat (1000); at (1020) they took off and headed off out to sea to the NW out of sight. Another 500 in four flocks arrived from SE at the Butt but turned back and came down in the Loch Stiapavat area (presumably deterred from departing by the prevailing fog).
Shoveler – pair still present
Pintail – pair new in at Loch Stiapavat
Golden Plover – 165 on Eoropie machair
Northern Wheatear – first one (a female)
Hawkeye
Eyes and Ears Everywhere
South Uist news from Andrew:-
5 wheatears on Ben Corodale today, 1 woodcock at Maola Breac.
2 woodpigeon (probably returning breeding birds), mistle thrush , 2 bramblings and c300 redwings at Snishival plantation.
heard but unseen flock of Greenland white-fronts over Bornish late aftenoon with a sand martin hawking around my garden this evening. c100 redwings in the garden too along with 2 goldcrests.
5 wheatears on Ben Corodale today, 1 woodcock at Maola Breac.
2 woodpigeon (probably returning breeding birds), mistle thrush , 2 bramblings and c300 redwings at Snishival plantation.
heard but unseen flock of Greenland white-fronts over Bornish late aftenoon with a sand martin hawking around my garden this evening. c100 redwings in the garden too along with 2 goldcrests.