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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. Harlequin Duck

    Harlequin Duck

    Drake Harlequin Duck, St Kilda, August 2022 (C) St Kilda Rangers
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    Mega!!! 24th August 2022

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 24th August 2022. Updated throughout the day Hirta, St Kilda The drake ****Harlequin Duck**** was seen in Village Bay today Baleshare, North Uist 82 Black-tailed Godwits were on the island Balranald, North Uist 18 Black-tailed Godwits...
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    21st July 2022

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 21st July 2022. Updated throughout the day Eoropie, Isle of Lewis 2 Whimbrel were seen on the machair today St Kilda Late news of a Pectoral Sandpiper seen "at sea" flying around the RV Celtic Explorer, an Irish research vessel, 47.42km...
  4. Goldeneye

    Goldeneye

    Eclipse drake Goldeneye, St Kilda 2022 (C) St Kilda Rangers
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  5. Marsh Warbler

    Marsh Warbler

    Marsh Warbler, St Kilda May 2022 (C) Craig Nisbet
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  6. Marsh Warbler

    Marsh Warbler

    Marsh Warbler, St Kilda May 2022 (C) Craig Nisbet
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  7. Bluethroat

    Bluethroat

    Female Bluethroat, St Kilda, May 2022 (C) Craig Nisbet
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  8. Blue-headed Wagtail

    Blue-headed Wagtail

    Female Blue-headed wagtail, St Kilda, May 2022 (C) Craig Nesbit
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  9. Little Ringed Plover

    Little Ringed Plover

    Little Ringed Plover, St Kilda, May 2022 (C) St Kilda Rangers
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  10. Hawkeye

    Tracking the elusive Leach’s storm petrel on St Kilda

    In 2021, two scientists from the RSPB’s Centre for Conservation Science spent the summer on the remote island of St Kilda to learn more about a tiny seabird. The Leach’s storm petrel is one of our smallest seabirds, around the size of a starling. They breed on remote islands and spend nearly all...
  11. Snowy Owl

    Snowy Owl

    Snowy Owl, St Kilda, April 2022 (C) St Kilda Rangers
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    National Rarity 27th April 2022

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 27th April 2022. Updated throughout the day Hirta, St Kilda Late News of the ***Snowy Owl***, seen yesterday on Conachair scree Lionel, Isle of Uist 50 Pink-feet were on the machair this morning Balranald, North Uist The 2 Garganey...
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    Colour ring sightings and ringing recoveries April - July 2022

    A colour ringed Redshank seen at Frobost, South Uist on 21-April-2022 was indeed a long-lived bird with quite a remarkable history. It was originally ringed at Kinneil on the Inner Firth of Forth on 17-November-2008, aged at the time as a first calendar year. It was one of a small number of...
  14. Hawkeye

    Decline of Leach’s Storm Petrels at the largest colonies in the northeast Atlantic

    The latest study of Leach's Petrel on St Kilda indicate and very worrying decline of 68% between 2000 and 2019. Leach’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous has undergone substantial population declines at North Atlantic colonies over recent decades, but censusing the species is challenging...
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  15. Slavonian Grebe

    Slavonian Grebe

    Slavonian Grebe, St Kilda, April 2022 (C) St Kilda Rangers
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    National Rarity 29th November 2021

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 29th November 2021. Updated throughout the day Hirta, St Kilda The female ***Snowy Owl*** was seen there again today
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    National Rarity 16th November 2021

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 16th November 2021. Updated throughout the day Hirta, St Kilda The female ***Snowy Owl*** was seen there today. A Little Auk was in Village Bay which has been present since the 14th Clachan, South Uist A Little Egret was seen in the...
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    National Rarity 27th October 2021

    Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 27th October 2021. Updated throughout the day Butt of Lewis 35 Snow Buntings and a Fieldfare were present early afternoon and a Puffin was seen off-shore. Carinish, Isle of North Uist A single Chiffchaff was there. Loch Bee, Isle of...
  19. Ring Ouzel

    Ring Ouzel

    Ring Ouzel, St Kilda, October 2021 (C) Craig Nisbet
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  20. Woodpigeon

    Woodpigeon

    Woodpigeon, St Kilda October 2021 (C) Craig Nisbet
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