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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 3rd April 2018. Updated throughout the day

St Kilda
The ***Hooded Merganser*** has returned to the fire pond on Hirta after an absence of a couple of days

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Weather: Wind ENE F5-6, 8/8 cloud, quite dull, temp 3.5 - 4C
A near three hour seawatch this morning produced 9 Eider (2S 7N), 1 Common Scoter (S), 8 Long-tailed Duck (4S 4N), 2 Red-throated Divers (N), 27 Gannets (6S 21N), 52 Shag (4S 48N), 7 Cormorants (N), 17 Razorbills (6S 11N) and 3 auk sp (N).
Also present in the area were Wigeon 44, Tufted Duck 4, Eider 20, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Red-throated Diver 1, Great Northern Diver 5, Shag 18, Cormorant 17, Common Buzzard 1, Purple Sandpiper 4, Kumlien's Gull (3CY) 1, Hooded Crow 2 and Raven 19
 
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Chris Johnson

Senior Member
In North Bay this morning on the high-tide a Glaucous Gull.
This afternoon at Ardivachar two juvenile Sea Eagles flew quite high heading towards North Uist.
 

Bruce

Senior Member
On Barra today, my first white wagtail of the spring was at Earsary and a wheatear was at Glen. A fieldfare was on the shore at Brevig. At Ardveenish there was an adult and 2 juvenile Iceland gulls. Yesterday 3+ manx shearwaters flew north past Brevig.

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BrianR

Senior Member
There was also a White Wagtail at Loch Paible, North Uist this morning. Four Pintail flew off to the S and a Glaucous Gull was at the mouth of the loch.
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A few more Redwings around today and Rob Fuller noted five Fieldfare at Clachan-a-Luib yesterday.
 
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