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Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 9th November 2021. Updated throughout the day
Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis
9+ Sooty Shearwaters were feeding to the northeast of Tiumpan lighthouse between 10:00 -11:00
Loch Eaval, North Uist
A Snow Bunting was there today
Coot Loch Benbecula
A Little Egret was seen there today
Eochar, South Uist
A Little Egret was seen near Hebridean Jewellery this morning
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 08:05-11:10
Weather: Wind Wf7 gust f8. 8/8 cloud and rain for much of watch, a little brighter towards end of watch. Temp 11c.
A 3 hour seawatch this morning produced 15 Long-tailed Ducks (14S 1N), 3 Red-throated Divers (2S 1N), 8 Great Northern Divers (S), 29 Gannets (S), 10 Shag (1S 9N), 1 Kittiwake (S), 2 Black-headed Gulls (S), 130 Hering Gulls (coasting south along the dunes), and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Also present tin the area were Greylag Goose 56, Gadwall 3, Wigeon 58, Teal 29, Tufted Duck 24, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Great Northern Diver 1, Cormorant 24, Golden Eagle 1, White-tailed Eagle 2, Common Buzzard 2, Golden Plover 8, Ringed Plover 68, Curlew 7, Bar-tailed Godwit 6, Turnstone 9, Sanderling 3, Dunlin 19, Purple Sandpiper 13, Snipe 2, Redshank 3, Common Gull 10, Hooded Crow 2, Skylark 1, Redwing 1, and Meadow Pipit 1
Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis
9+ Sooty Shearwaters were feeding to the northeast of Tiumpan lighthouse between 10:00 -11:00
Loch Eaval, North Uist
A Snow Bunting was there today
Coot Loch Benbecula
A Little Egret was seen there today
Eochar, South Uist
A Little Egret was seen near Hebridean Jewellery this morning
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 08:05-11:10
Weather: Wind Wf7 gust f8. 8/8 cloud and rain for much of watch, a little brighter towards end of watch. Temp 11c.
A 3 hour seawatch this morning produced 15 Long-tailed Ducks (14S 1N), 3 Red-throated Divers (2S 1N), 8 Great Northern Divers (S), 29 Gannets (S), 10 Shag (1S 9N), 1 Kittiwake (S), 2 Black-headed Gulls (S), 130 Hering Gulls (coasting south along the dunes), and 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Also present tin the area were Greylag Goose 56, Gadwall 3, Wigeon 58, Teal 29, Tufted Duck 24, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Great Northern Diver 1, Cormorant 24, Golden Eagle 1, White-tailed Eagle 2, Common Buzzard 2, Golden Plover 8, Ringed Plover 68, Curlew 7, Bar-tailed Godwit 6, Turnstone 9, Sanderling 3, Dunlin 19, Purple Sandpiper 13, Snipe 2, Redshank 3, Common Gull 10, Hooded Crow 2, Skylark 1, Redwing 1, and Meadow Pipit 1