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Blue Tit
Whiskered Tern © Brian Rabbitts
Green Sandpiper
Bearded Tit
Grey Plover
Great Black-backed Gull
Wheatear, Daliburgh, May 2017
Redwing
Hooded Merganser
Iceland Gull
Firecrest, Grenitote © Brian Rabbitts
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Dotterel
Juvenile Starling
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-crowned Night Heron © Bruce Taylor
Juvenile Common Gull
American Redstart
Hooded Crow
Corncrake
Starling
Short-eared Owl
Red Grouse
Iceland Gull
Iceland Gull
Sanderling
Yellow-browed Warbler
Lesser Scaup
Bar-tailed Godwits
Rose-coloured Starling
Long-tailedDuck
Ringed Plover
GreyPlover
Wheatear
Common Crane
Two-barred Crossbill
Short-eared Owls
Wheatear
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Redshank
Bairds Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Bluethroat
Whiskered Tern
Raven
Little Egret
Bonapartes Gull
Lesser Yellowlegs
Buzzard
Ring-billed Gull
Isabelline Shrike
Twite
Golden Plover
Sabine's Gull
Rose-coloured Starling
Ringed Plover
Avocet
Skylark
Glaucous Gull
Hooded Merganser
Rose-coloured Starling
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wheatear
Eastern Kingbird
Pechora Pipit
White-rumped Sandpiper
Mandarin Ducks
Rose-coloured Starling
LittleTern
Osprey

Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings and Discussion

2019 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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2018 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings

Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2018

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Chatter New

An area for general birding discussion
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Patchwork Challenge 2019

Outer Hebrides Rarity Finders

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

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Western Sandpiper, North Uist, Aug/Sept 2016 by Brian Rabbitts

Colour Ring Sightings and Ringing Recoveries

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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Recent Colour Ringed Sightings - May 2019

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 New

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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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

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Bird sightings Archive

Outer Hebrides Bird sightings from previous years

2017 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings

Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2017

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