14th July 2018

[Hawkeye]

Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 14th July 2018. Updated throughout the day

Aird an Runair, North Uist
Late news of a Little Stint seen there yesterday (13th) afternoon on the beach. The 3CY Glaucous Gull was also still present

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 06:45 - 09:15
Weather: Wind S F6, dull 8/8 cloud, light drizzle and murky at sea. Temp 15C.
A 2+ hour seawatch this morning produced 1 Black-throated Diver (S), 3 Storm Petrels (S), 7 Fulmars (S), 15 Manx Shearwaters (12S 3N), 56 Gannets (43S 13N), 1 Cormorant (S), 1 Whimbrel (S), 65 Arctic Terns (S) and 2 Arctic Skuas.
Also present in the area were Tufted Duck 8, Eider 18, Curlew 2, Redshank 4, Black-headed Gull 25, Common Gull 130, Great Black-backed Gull 8, Herring Gull 220, Lesser Black-backed Gull 1, Arctic Tern 30 [1 & 2CY birds], Raven 5, Pied Wagtail 3 and Meadow Pipit 8

 

[YvonneB]

A dreich and dreary day for the monthly WeBS count today.

Loch Bee, South Uist
A huge number of Greylag Geese were recorded today with over 800 present throughout the site. There were also almost 700 Mute Swans. Common Gulls were very much in evidence with a count of 167.
Ducks recorded were - Mallard, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon plus an adult Red-breasted merganser with 3 young was seen.
Waders recorded were - Snipe, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Redshank, Golden Plover, Ringed Plover and Curlew.

Meadow Pipit numbers seem to be building up with small groups observed throughout the morning.

South Ford, South Uist
Oystercatchers and Common Gulls were the most numerous birds today. Poor visibility across the count area would no doubt have affected the numbers recorded today.
Waders recorded today were - Oystercatcher, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Redshank, Lapwing and Snipe