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Short-eared Owl
Black Guillemot
Yellow-browed Warbler
Juvenile Stonechat
Common Sandpiper
Redwing
Corncrake
Bluethroat
Merlin
Redshank
Great Northern Diver
Brown Shrike
GlossyIbis, Balranald North uist
American Redstart
Redwing
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Ruff
Reed Bunting
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bearded Tit
Iceland Gull
Little Egret
Dunlin
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Snowy Owl
Dotterel
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Lapwing
White-winged Black Tern
Red-Throated Divers
Brambling
Snipe
Ruff
Grey Heron
Grey Phalarope
Swallow
Great White Egret
Dotterel
Greenshank
Purple Sandpiper
Redwing
White-tailed Eagle
Short-eared Owl
Bar-tailed Godwits
Lesser Yellowlegs
Black-headed Wagtail
Ringed Plover
Buzzard
Ring-billed Gull
Curlew Sandpiper
Starlings
Glossy Ibis
Bulethroat
Sabine's Gull
Snipe
Pied Wagtail
Two-barred Crossbill
Ruff
Mute Swan cygnet
Black-tailed Godwit
Subalpine Warbler sp
Short-eared Owl
Ivory Gull
Brambling
Common Rosefinch
Long-tailed Duck, Loch Ardvule, South Uist
Oystercatcher
Blyths Reed Warbler
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Corncrake

Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings and Discussion

2020 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings New

All the latest Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird sightings and information will be listed here - please log in or sign up if you would like to add your own. Alternatively you may email your sightings and photos to sightings@outerhebridesbirds.org.uk or leave a voicemail at 01851 741250. All sightings will also be forward to the County Bird Recorder Thank you!

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Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2018

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Chatter New

An area for general birding discussion
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Outer Hebrides Rarity Finders New

Reports by finders of some of the rare birds that have occurred on our islands

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North American Horned Lark, South Uist, 9th October 2014 by Ian Thompson

Colour Ring Sightings and Ringing Recoveries New

News and maps of colour ringed birds and ringing recoveries.

Need help finding the details of a colour ringed bird? Post here or send the details/photographs to sightings@outerhebridesbirds.org.uk and we will endeavour to progress it on your behalf.

Alternatively post your own sightings

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Turnstone and Gannet Recoveries - January 2020

Help with identification

Have you seen a bird and you don't know what it is? Please upload the details here along with a photograph if you have one and one of our local experts will have a look and help you out. Alternatively email to id@outerhebridesbirds.org.uk
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Possible Black-tailed Godwits?

Submit a Record

Submit a record using the form here - this will be uploaded to BTO BirdTrack on your behalf.

Articles and Recording
A series of articles relevant to birds and birding in the Outer Hebrides. You will also find information here about bird recording in the Outer Hebrides and advice on submitting your sightings.

Articles and Discussion

Informative articles about birds and bird sightings in the Outer Hebrides
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The Shiant Isles: a safe haven for Scotland’s seabirds

Local, Scottish and National Rarities

Details about how best to record your sightings of rarities here in the Outer Hebrides.
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Latest SBRC Decisions - February 2018

BirdTrack

Enter your record into BirdTrack

County Bird Recorder

Outer Hebrides County Bird Recorder

Announcements and Events
News about bird-related events in the Outer Hebrides.

Events

Events, courses and suchlike that will be of interest to birders in the Outer Hebrides and beyond.
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RSPB / Storas Uist - New Nature Reserve Celebration - 22nd November 2019

Announcements

General information that may be of use to birders in the Outer Hebrides and beyond
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RSPB Vacancy - Uist

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On this page you can easily sign up to receive our very occasional newsletter

British Trust for Ornithology - Outer Hebrides
This section of the website is for information from the BTO Regional Representative(s) - so, details about surveys, information and contact details plus general chat. Feel free to ask questions.

Surveys

BTO surveys: details, information and dates
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WeBS dates - 2018

General Chat - BTO matters

Feel free to chat about your surveying experiences or ask questions of the local BTO Regional Rep
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BTO BirdTrack - getting help

BTO Regional Rep Information and Contacts

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BTO Regional Rep - Benbecula and the Uists

The Shop

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Bird sightings Archive

Outer Hebrides Bird sightings from previous years

2018 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings

Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2018

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2017 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings

Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2017

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