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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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  1. MisterT

    Mega!!! 8th March 2024

    A Chiffchaff in the garden today was a pleasant surprise
  2. MisterT

    Local Rarity 7th March 2024

    Our first Lesser Redpoll of the year with a returning bird, ringed as a juvenile here at Askernish on 09-August last year. Several groups of Redwings passing through the township and an increase in Blackbirds and Chaffinch also noted Trouble reading colour rings on our sparrows now the dust...
  3. MisterT

    Local Rarity 6th March 2024

    2 female Velvet Scoters were on West Loch Ollay and a female Common Scoter was with circa 50 Long-tailed Ducks off Penerine late afternoon Bar-tailed Godwits, Peninerine, South Uist
  4. MisterT

    Recent colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries

    On Oystercatcher ringed as a chick at Ormiclate, South Uist on 12-June-2014 was controlled (caught and released) on the Isle of Orosay, Argyll and Bute on 04-March-2024, a duration of 3553 days and a distance of 155km (96.31 miles).
  5. MisterT

    Recent colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries

    A Lesser Redpoll ringed here in Askernish, South Uist on 20-September-2021 was also retrapped (caught and released) on 02 & 23-September-23 and later controlled (caught and released) on 26-February-2024 at Loch of Leys, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, a duration of 889 days and a distance of 296km (184...
  6. MisterT

    National Rarity 27th February 2024

    The female Lesser Scaup and a Velvet Scoter were still on West Loch Ollay late afternoon. 12 Barnacle Geese were to the south of the loch
  7. MisterT

    Local Rarity 26th February 2024

    Felt like spring was in the air with c90 Whooper Swans in 3 groups over Askernish and 20+ Redwing also on the move. Another 56 Whoopers were at Frobost and a very noticable increase of Sanderling (c300) on the beach and Golden Plover and Skylark in the machair. Several new Chaffinch and...
  8. MisterT

    23rd February 2024

    Signs of movement today with 74 Whooper Swans on Loch Hallan, c220 Lapwings on the machair and another 23 Whoopers at Frobost. 2 Long-tailed Tits in a neighbours garden here at Askernish were a rare sight and a welcome patch tick for the year.
  9. MisterT

    Local Rarity 22nd February 2024

    5 Greenland White-fronts were on the usual fields here at Askernish this afternoon. Only the second time they have been seen this year
  10. MisterT

    Local Rarity 19th February 2024

    A Billy Whizz tour of Lewis to find a drake Green-winged Teal, Coot, and female Pintail on Loch Stiapabhat and the drake Ring-necked Duck was still on Loch Tiumpan.
  11. MisterT

    Local Rarity 18th February 2024

    When visiting Stornoway, it gives you the opportunity to seek out birds that are seldom seen on South Uist like, Blue Tit, Coal, Tit, Great Tit, and Treecreeper. 8 Fieldfare were at Loch Airigh na Lic, Marybank, 29 Rook and 2 Jackdaw were feeding on a small patch of rough pasture at Goat Hill...
  12. MisterT

    Recent colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries

    Another Goldfinch ringed at Askernish, South Uist on 31-March-2023 was controlled (caught and released) by the Tay Ringing Group at Seggieden, Perth and Kinross on 11-February-2024, a duration of 317 days and a distance of 262km. Yet another east - west movement
  13. MisterT

    Recent colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries

    Yet another example of east - west movement is this Goldfinch ringed at Bruernish, Barra on 09-October-2021 which was later controlled (by Stephen MacDonald.) at Morar, near Mallaig on 08-January-2023, a distance of 97km and a duration of 456 days. Thanks again to Hugh Insley for the information
  14. MisterT

    Recent colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries

    An Oystercatcher ringed as a chick at Griminish, Benbecula on 11-June-2005 was controlled (caught and released) at Bangor Harbour on 28-January-2024, a duration of 6805 days (18 years 7 months 18 days) and a distance of 512 km (318 miles). It had previously been controlled at Beaumaris, Anglesey...
  15. MisterT

    Local Rarity 6th February 2024

    3 Velvet Scoters were still on West Loch Ollay, South Uist this afternoon
  16. MisterT

    30th January 2024

    Little Auk and Fulmar on the beach at Askernish would have been great patch birds if they had been alive. Along with 2 Shag and a Cormorant, they would appear to be victims of the recent and ongoing stormy weather.
  17. MisterT

    Askernish Sparrows - 2023

    The year did not start on a high with 2 members of the team undergoing major surgery which made me wonder what kind of year we would have. As it turned out, the spuggies had a bumper year, and we were only a thousand or so observations down in the early months of the year. 2023 turned out to be...
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  18. MisterT

    26th December 2023

    The Velvet Scoter was still on Loch Ardvule late afternoon and really standing out in the bright sunlight. The 6 Black-tailed Godwits were also still around the loch with another 8 in the North Bay. 11 Barnacle Geese were by West Loch Ollay, the first I've seen there this winter.
  19. MisterT

    Local Rarity 23rd December 2023

    Such a sad way to find the sixth Barn Owl record for South Uist which was dead, at the side of the road by Loch Eadaraidh to the north of East Loch Ollay. Of those six records, two have been found dead, the other having hit overhead power lines in 2013, unfortuately also found by me.
  20. MisterT

    18th December 2023

    The recent (and continuing) strong westerlies have not been kind to our seabirds with several Cormorants and Shags dead on the beach locally plus this juvenile Shag sheltering in the dunes. It looked more exhausted than suffering from bird flu, but either way, its chances don't look good
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