Hawkeye
Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 19th September 2018. Updated throughout the day
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
4 Leach's Petrels, a juvenile Pomarine Skua, 8 Arctic Skuas, 40+ Bonxies, a Sooty Shearwater and 3 Manx Shearwaters were seen from the Stornoway - Ullapool ferry this afternoon
Stinky Bay, Benbecula
A Grey Phalarope was seen late this afternoon.
Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 06:50 - 09:10
Weather: Wind S F5 easing to F4. 8/8 cloud, very dull with rain throughout watch. Temp 11.5C.
A 2+ hour seawatch this morning produced 3 Eider (S), 1 Red-throated Diver (S), 7 Great Northern Divers (S), 3 Fulmars (S), 168 Gannets (159S 9N), 1 Shag (N), 3 Kittiwakes (S), 1 Great Skua (S), 2 Razorbills (S), 1 Black-Guillemot (S) and 10 auk sp (S).
also present in the are were Red-throated Diver 3 [including a flightless adult feeding young] and Snipe 2
Grey Phalarope (C) and courtesy of Micheal Stinson
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
4 Leach's Petrels, a juvenile Pomarine Skua, 8 Arctic Skuas, 40+ Bonxies, a Sooty Shearwater and 3 Manx Shearwaters were seen from the Stornoway - Ullapool ferry this afternoon
Stinky Bay, Benbecula
A Grey Phalarope was seen late this afternoon.
Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 06:50 - 09:10
Weather: Wind S F5 easing to F4. 8/8 cloud, very dull with rain throughout watch. Temp 11.5C.
A 2+ hour seawatch this morning produced 3 Eider (S), 1 Red-throated Diver (S), 7 Great Northern Divers (S), 3 Fulmars (S), 168 Gannets (159S 9N), 1 Shag (N), 3 Kittiwakes (S), 1 Great Skua (S), 2 Razorbills (S), 1 Black-Guillemot (S) and 10 auk sp (S).
also present in the are were Red-throated Diver 3 [including a flightless adult feeding young] and Snipe 2
Grey Phalarope (C) and courtesy of Micheal Stinson
Last edited: