Local Rarity 5th September 2023

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 4th September 2023. Updated throughout the day

Hirta, St Kilda
A Corncrake was seen there today

Fivepenny, Ness, Isle of Lewis
The adult *American Golden Plover* was again opposite the Ness football ground this morning. A *Balearic Shearwater*, 480 Sooty Shearwaters, c4000 Manx Shearwaters, 7 Arctic Skuas, 4 Storm Petrels and 9 Great Skuas passed the Butt of Lewis from 11:00 - 12:00

Aird Benbecula
25 Black-tailed Godwits were in cut fields this morning

The Range, South Uist
2 *Buff-breasted Sandpipers* were with Golden Plovers to the south of Launch Area 2 this evening. A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper and 3 Ruff were nearby in the south-west corner of Loch Bee

 

[MisterT]

A colour ring (BTH) found in a White-tailed Eagle pellet on Benbecula late August has been tracked down and found to belong to a Hen Harrier. The ring was fitted to the youngest (male) of a brood of three on Benbecula on the 30-June and had a camera on the nest which recorded until the 12-July. BTH was only present until the late afternoon of the 04-July after which only the two older chicks used the nest. The second oldest chick in the brood (female) was fitted with a satellite tag at the same time which fledged and is now on Skye. The ring was found only 2km away from the nest.

Many thanks to Fiona and John Moir who found the pellet and to Robin Reid for providing the information and image of the chick

 

[Bruce]

Barra
A Pectoral Sandpiper was on the beach where the river emerges at Allasdale early evening plus 2 Ruff and 2 Whimbrel on the adjoining machair. A Garden Warbler was at Nask and a Blackcap was at Ardmhor.

Pectoral Sandpiper