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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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Travel far, breed hard, die young - Short-eared Owls
'Travel far, breed hard, die young' – while this might sound like a hedonistic rock-and-roll lifestyle, a new study by researchers at the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), with collaborators in Iceland and Spain, reveals this is how Short-eared Owls live their lives. Describing the incredible...- UistBTO
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Heronries Census and Garden BirdWatch Reports
In the last week BTO published annual summaries of not one but two of their national surveys. Firstly the Garden BirdWatch annual results were released and are well worth a read. BTO also published the Heronries Census Summary for 2020. Obviously the season was disrupted by Covid-19, but many...- UistBTO
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BTO Training Courses
Training courses Ben Darvill will be delivering more bird ID training courses during the next few weeks, working with colleagues from HQ. If you missed out on a place on the recent Scottish courses then you may want to grab a place on one of these! They start in the week beginning 29th March...- UistBTO
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Heronries Survey results 2019
As a result of the efforts of Heronries Census volunteers nearly 800 sites were visited in 2019, with the population estimate of 9,940 apparently occupied nests representing a slight increase on the revised 2018 estimate of 9,798 apparently occupied nests. The full summary report of the 2019...- UistBTO
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BBS Report for 2019
The report for 2019 is now available to download online from the BTO website, link below. I'm particularly grateful, not only to the islands regular BBS surveyors, but to the visiting surveyors who signed up for the Upland Rovers scheme to do counts during their holiday at squares that have no...- UistBTO
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Surveys WeBS dates 2020
We are very lucky in the Uists to have almost a full complement of monthly WeBS counters, we are always on the lookout in Lewis and Harris for new counters. If you are interested please email the WeBS local organiser Yvonne Benting at uistbto@gmail.com For more information about WeBS please see... -
BTO BirdTrack - getting help
I'm currently trying to gauge interest in a short day course in Uist, that would cover using BirdTrack - covering use of the online version, the mobile app and also entering your sightings into an Excel spreadsheet so that they can be sent to the county bird recorder for uploading directly to...- UistBTO
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Summer is winging its way towards Britain
One of BTO’s tracked Cuckoos, known as PJ, was tagged in June 2016 in Suffolk and has since been providing BTO with key knowledge about Cuckoo migration. PJ has now begun to move north, travelling from Angola to Gabon on his way back to Britain, but this move is only a fraction of the journey...- UistBTO
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Surveys WeBS dates - 2018
We are very lucky in the Uists to have almost a full complement of monthly WeBS counters, we are always on the lookout in Lewis and Harris for new counters. If you are interested please email the WeBS local organiser Yvonne Benting at uistbto@gmail.com For more information about WeBS please see... -
Info BTO Regional Rep - Benbecula and the Uists
BTO Regional Representative for Benbecula and the Uists (also Local Organiser for WeBS for the whole of the Outer Hebrides) Yvonne Benting uistbto@gmail.com Tel: 07501 332803 Tel: 01878 200320- UistBTO
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Info BTO Regional Rep - Lewis and Harris
BTO Regional Representative for Lewis and Harris Emma Neiderberger for contact details see: https://www.bto.org/community/regional-network/rn-directory/lewis-harris- UistBTO
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Thank you - Stuart Taylor
I just wanted to say a big thank you to the RSPB's Stuart Taylor who has regularly counted a number of sites here in South Uist and in Benbecula for a number of years. Sadly Stuart has now re-located to RSPB Blacktoft Sands - so good luck for the future Stuart, you will be missed here! And...- UistBTO
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Surveys Wetland Birds Survey (WeBS) - Dates for 2017
WeBS Dates 2017 The dates for the BTO's Wetland Bird survey (WeBS) counts for the year are:- 15th January 12th February 12th March 9th April 14th May 11th June 23rd July 13th August 10th September 8th October 19th November 10th December I'm the Local Organiser for WeBS for both Lewis and... -
Course BTO Course - April 2017
Two bird survey courses entitled 'Skills and Techniques for BTO Bird Surveys' are coming to the Outer Hebrides this April. On Thursday 20th April at the Dark Island Hotel in Benbecula and Saturday 22nd April at the Uig Community Centre on Lewis Both courses will run from 10am to about 4.30pm...