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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today 9th October 2021. Updated throughout the day
Hirta, St Kilda
The ***Buff-bellied Pipit***, ***Snowy Owl*** and **Short-toed Lark** were all seen today. Also present on the island were 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 55 Snow Buntings, a Pink-footed Goose the Greenland White-front, Long-tailed Duck, and Slavonian Grebe. 4 Storm Petrels and a Leach's Petrel were found grounded, all were later ringed and released. 41 Pink-feet were also seen heading South.
Butt of Lewis
Five Snow Buntings were feeding in short grass on the clifftpos this evening
Coot Loch, Benbecula
A *Black-necked Grebe* was seen there this afternoon. This is only the fifth record and the first since 1993. Eight Whooper Swans were nearby at Loch Mor
Ardivachar, South Uist
Three Sandwich Terns headed inland towards Loch Bee at 14:30
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 09:05-11:15
Weather: Wind W veering WNW f3, 8/8 cloud and murky with rain for most of watch, easing later. Temp 13c.
A 2+ hour seawatch this morning produced 4 Eider (1S 3N), 3 Red-throated Divers (S), 3 Great Northern Divers (S), 59 Gannets (57S 2N), 12 Shag (4S 8N), 2 Cormorants (S), 221 Black-tailed Godwits (S), 12 Kittiwakes (S), 4 Guillemots (S), and 6 auk sp (S).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 18, Tufted Duck 8, Red-throated Diver 2, Cormorant 13, White-tailed Eagle 1, Common Buzzard 1, Sanderling 3, Snipe 1, Common Gull 60, Great Black-backed Gull 4, Herring Gull 92, Merlin 1, Hooded Crow 2, Meadow Pipit 3, and Rock Pipit 4
Snowy Owl (C) Craig Nisbet
Hirta, St Kilda
The ***Buff-bellied Pipit***, ***Snowy Owl*** and **Short-toed Lark** were all seen today. Also present on the island were 2 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 55 Snow Buntings, a Pink-footed Goose the Greenland White-front, Long-tailed Duck, and Slavonian Grebe. 4 Storm Petrels and a Leach's Petrel were found grounded, all were later ringed and released. 41 Pink-feet were also seen heading South.
Butt of Lewis
Five Snow Buntings were feeding in short grass on the clifftpos this evening
Coot Loch, Benbecula
A *Black-necked Grebe* was seen there this afternoon. This is only the fifth record and the first since 1993. Eight Whooper Swans were nearby at Loch Mor
Ardivachar, South Uist
Three Sandwich Terns headed inland towards Loch Bee at 14:30
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 09:05-11:15
Weather: Wind W veering WNW f3, 8/8 cloud and murky with rain for most of watch, easing later. Temp 13c.
A 2+ hour seawatch this morning produced 4 Eider (1S 3N), 3 Red-throated Divers (S), 3 Great Northern Divers (S), 59 Gannets (57S 2N), 12 Shag (4S 8N), 2 Cormorants (S), 221 Black-tailed Godwits (S), 12 Kittiwakes (S), 4 Guillemots (S), and 6 auk sp (S).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 18, Tufted Duck 8, Red-throated Diver 2, Cormorant 13, White-tailed Eagle 1, Common Buzzard 1, Sanderling 3, Snipe 1, Common Gull 60, Great Black-backed Gull 4, Herring Gull 92, Merlin 1, Hooded Crow 2, Meadow Pipit 3, and Rock Pipit 4
Snowy Owl (C) Craig Nisbet
