National Rarity 20th January 2023

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 20th January 2023. Updated throughout the day

Loch Ordais Isle of Lewis
4 Snow Buntings were there today

Tigharry, North Uist
11 Fieldfares were seen there today

Loch nam Feithean, North Uist
A female *Ring-necked Duck* was on the loch this morning. The pair of ***Cackling Geese*** and a single Snow Bunting were nearby at Balranald

Balivanich, Benbecula
A female Common Scoter was seen offshore today

Loch Bee, South Uist
A Lapland Bunting was seen on the machair to the west of the loch

West Loch Ollay, South Uist
The female ***Lesser Scaup*** was seen there again this afternoon. Six *European White-fronted Geese* were also in the area

 

[Andrew]

Loch Bee was largely frozen with ducks difficult to view as all clustered round ice free patches, but there was one drake pintail on west side with a Lapland bunting on the machair there with c300 sky larks and 6 snow buntings. 115 barnacles on the machair between Adkenneth and KIlaulay. c70 Greenland white-fronts on the Ardnamonie side of Loch Bee.

Single female common scoter off Peninerine where c100 long-tailed ducks

Female lesser scaup still on partly frozen West Loch Ollay and a bit closer than usual. Also 6 (5 ads and 1st winter) Russian white-fronted geese, 20 barnacles and a pink-foot amongst the greylags between the loch and Ormiclate Castle. 8 barnacles were on Bornish machair.

cheers, Andrew

 

[MisterT]

The 7 Greenland White-fronts were again on their favoured fields by the golf course on a quiet and still frozen patch. A Woodcock was seen in a garden in the township