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Long-Tailed Duck
American Golden Plover
Snipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Pechora Pipit
Ring-billed Gull
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
Lapwing
Icterine Warbler
Corncrake
Bar-tailed Godwits
Blyth's Reed Warbler
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Sparrowhawk
Eider
Whimbrel
Firecrest, Grenitote © Brian Rabbitts
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Teal
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Treecreeper
Great Northern Diver
Barred Warbler
yellow-legged Gull © Machiel Oudejans
Juvenile Stonechat
Mandarin Ducks
Golden Plover
Sanderling
Serin
Black-tailed Godwit
Grey Phalarope
Bonapartes Gull
Iceland Gull
Hen Harrier
Dunnock
Gyr Falcon. Balelone, North Uist © Mary Lewis
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Cormorant
Common Crane
White-winged Black Tern
Redwing
Golden Eagle
Ruff
Great Northern Diver
Mute Swan cygnet
Cuckoo
Waxwing
Eider
White-fronted Goose
Siskin, Askernish May 2017
Grey Plover
White-rumped Sandpiper
Grey Phalarope
Dotterel
Hooded Merganser
Red-breastedMerganser
Magpie
Cormorant
Willow Warbler
Blyth's Reed Warbler
Redwing
Ruff
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Curlew
Short-eared Owl
Bearded Tit

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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2019 Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings

Western Isles Bird / Outer Hebrides Bird Sightings 2018

Sightings for previous years can be found in the archive

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Chatter New

An area for general birding discussion
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Yvonne's Patchwork Challenge 2020

Outer Hebrides Rarity Finders

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

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.

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Ringing and Recovery Totals for 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?

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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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Stable isotopes reveal the importance of seabirds and marine foods in the diet of St Kilda field mice

Local, Scottish and National Rarities New

Details about how best to record your sightings of rarities here in the Outer Hebrides.
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Latest SBRC Decisions - September 2020

BirdTrack

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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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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 2020

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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Newsletter - Lewis and Harris

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

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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