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  • When here in the Outer Hebrides and looking at a bird, have you ever wondered how rare it is? The status of all species can vary enormously from island to island. How rare is Shoveler on Barra, has Stock Dove been seen on Harris, does Dotterel occur on Benbecula in the autumn, and how common is Blue Tit on North Uist? Well, fret no longer! The Status and Distribution of birds here on the Outer Hebrides has been completely updated and summarised for every species and each of the main islands and outliers. Available as an online resource at https://status.outerhebrides-birdreports.org/ or via our shop

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Local Rarity 24th October 2022

Hawkeye

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 24th October 2022. Updated throughout the day

Aline Plantation, Isle of Lewis
A single Waxwing was seen there today

Langass Lodge, North Uist
A Brambling was seen there today

Cladach Kirkibost, North Uist
A Long-tailed Tit and a Chiffchaff were there today

Carnan, South Uist
A Blue Tit and 2 Brambling were visiting a garden there

Ardmhor, Barra
The drake *Green-winged Teal* was seen there again today

Castlebay, Barra
10 Long-tailed Tits were there today with another 2 nearby at Gleann
 
Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson

Senior Member
Another day for redwings: no less than 1,500. This is exceptional here as were barely see a handful most autumns. We are on the west coast and Bruce on Barra specifically mentioned the birds there were on the west side. perhaps an atypical weather pattern?
 
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Bruce

Senior Member
Barra
As well as the Green-winged Teal mentioned above, there was a flock of at least 10 Long-tailed Tits at Castlebay (almost certainly the same flock as Morghan 2 days ago). 4 Bramblings were at Creachan and 1 was at Ardmhor. A single flock of c100 Fieldfares flew very high east over Morghan late morning and small numbers were scattered around the island. Redwing numbers were lower than yesterday with perhaps 2-3000 present. Although such high numbers are the norm here on return passage in spring, numbers are generally a bit lower in autumn, presumably due to Redwing migration being more spread out from late Sept-late Nov. This autumn it feels like they're all moving at once!
 
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Craig.Nisbet

Member
Estimated 400 in Village Bay today. The peak was definitely 18th on St Kilda, just feels like a good few hundred every day since then, but I can only imagine what's going on over the other side of Hirta (not an easy island to cover!) and across the other islands in the archipelago. 50 Fieldfare yesterday and 20 flew over today- only had singles last year among the Redwing. 5 Jack Snipe, 5 Blackbird, Song Thrush, Lap Bunt, Blackcap and Robin also today. That Lap Bunt has been hanging about the same bit of waste ground for around 2 weeks now!

Sadly that's it from me on St Kilda for the season. 132 species recorded, some cracking records and a good few lifers too, so I'm happy! Could've done with a Yank warbler of some sort to top it off, but mustn't be greedy! Best of luck to you all for the rest of the autumn. I'll keep an eye on news from the Western Isles and look forward to being back in April! :)

Craig
 
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