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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 17th September 2022. Updated throughout the day

Butt of Lewis
8 Sooty Shearwaters flew past in 2 hours this afternoon. A Snow Bunting was by Ness cemetery

Labost, Isle of Lewis
8 Sooty shearwaters were seen offshore

Loch Ordais, Isle of Lewis
The Curlew Sandpiper was there again this afternoon

Bragar, Isle of Lewis
2 **Great Shearwaters**, 3-400 Sooty Shearwaters and 2000 Manx Shearwaters were seen feeding offshore with Gannets. 300 Pink-feet past over in 4 Skeins.

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
1000+ Sooty Shearwater in several rafts, a Pomarine Skua and 2 Storm Petrels were seen from the Stornoway - Ullapool ferry this evening

Aird an Runair, North Uist
2 Curlew Sandpipers was seen there early afternoon and 250 Pink-footed Geese flew south off-shore. The juvenile * American Golden Plover* first seen at Loch Paible was in cut fields nearby and 2 female / immature Pintail were at Loch a' Roe, A Pintail and 50 Black-tailed Godwits were nearby at Loch na Reivil

Loch Paible, North Uist
A juvenile *American Golden Plover* and a juvenile Curlew Sandpiper were there this morning

Baleshare, North Uist
An immature Glaucous Gull was seen there this afternoon

West Gerinish, South Uist
A Spotted Redshank was seen in the south-west corner of Loch Bee

Bornish, South Uist
A Lapland Bunting and a Ruff were on the machair this evening
 
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