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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
News from Ness

Long-tailed Skua – 1
Pomarine Skua – 3
Arctic Skua – 10+
Bonxie - many
Sooty Shearwater – 3

Ian & Natalie Ward

Ness, Isle of Lewis, today:

Whooper Swan : 4 (a family party) flew N-S (am)
Blackcap – female
Chiffchaff – one
Brambling – flock of 9
Fieldfare – 6 dropped in (0850)

Tony Marr

Note: Ian and Natalie Ward had a really good cetacean watch today too with the following being seen at Tiumpan Head (9.00 am – 6.00 pm): Humpback Whale – 2, Fin Whale – 1, Minke Whale – 3, White-beaked Dolphin – numerous, Common Dolphin – smaller numbers, Risso’s Dolphin – smaller numbers, Blue Fin Tuna – 8-10 hunting off the lighthouse for most of the day.
 

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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
News from Andrew

Pec showing well at LA2 on the Range today.

2 blackcap, chiffchaff, 10 brambling and 20 fieldfare in my garden this morning.

Y-b warbler, 2 blackcap, 2 chiffchaffs and 4 siskin at North Loch Eynort

3 blackcaps, Siberian type chiffchaff (not calllng), lesser whitethroat and 6 brambling at Snishival Plantation.
 
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