• 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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Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 25th July 2018. Updated throughout the day

Borve, Barra
The Rose-coloured Starling is still to be found on the machair

Ardnastruban, Grimsay
A Grey Wagtail was seen there today.

Loch Mor, Benbecula
33 Black-tailed Godwits were on the loch this morning.

Howmore River, South Uist
66 Black-tailed Godwits were on the river today

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 06:10 - 09:40
Weather: Wind S F5, 8/8 cloud, dull with rain from 08:10, temp 14C.

A 3+ hour seawatch this morning produced 5 Red-breasted Mergansers (S), 1 Storm Petrel (S), 5 Fulmars (S), 29 Manx Shearwaters (S), 457 Gannets (424S 33N), 6 Turnstones (S), 4 Greenshank (S), 4 Kittiwakes (S), 4 Guillemots (S), 104 Razorbills (S), 1 Black Guillemot (S) and 110 auk sp (S).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 15, Curlew 2, Knot 1, Arctic Tern 12 and Peregrine 2
 

MisterT

Always Birding
With Black-tailed Godwits being reported around the islands, it was no suprise to see circa 50 flying south over Askernish this afternoon. On the beach, Sanderling numbers have increased to cica 250 which included the first juvenile.

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