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Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 11th March 2018

Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis
A 3CY Glaucous Gull was seen there this afternoon and a juvenile was also on Loch na Tiumpan

Ness, Isle of Lewis
5 Snow Buntings were in the Skigersta area today.

Malacleit, North Uist
A juvenile Glaucous Gull was seen there this morning. 32 Snow Buntings and a Lapland Bunting were nearby on the machair at Middlequarter.

Coot Loch, Benbecula
The drake *Ring-necked Duck* was still present on the loch and 2 Barnacle Geese were nearby on Borve machair.

Kilaulay, South Uist
73 Greenland White-fronted Geese were seen on the machair.

Iochar, South Uist
A Pink-footed Goose was seen near Hebridean Jewellery.

South Glendale, South Uist
A male Siskin and Brambling are still to be found in a garden there

Castlebay, Barra
The Hawfinch is still present near the football pitch, this time at Horve (See Bruce's post below)



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Hawfinch courtesy of Ian Ricketts
 

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
News from Tristan:-
3 Mistle Thrushes near Stornoway landfill site this afternoon. Only my second sighting of this species on Lewis in 13+yrs
 

Bruce

Senior Member
On Barra, the hawfinch, present for its 3rd day, showed well on and off through the day around the bushes on the east side of the football pitch. This is the 7th individual on the island since October. The coal tit was in the same area briefly; this bird moves between here and gardens at Nask. At Ardveenish 2 juvenile Iceland gulls were still present. A woodcock and woodpigeon were at Creachan. Numbers of meadow pipits, redwings and skylarks were higher than previous days.

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