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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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Local Rarity 14th July 2017

Hawkeye

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Vatersay
A *Rose-coloured Starling* was seen on the island this morning - see Bruce's post below

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
A two hour sea watch early this morning produced 1 Red-breasted Merganser (S), 49 Manx Shearwaters (S), 79 Gannets (51S 25N), 1 Great Skua (S), 2 Guillemots (S), 2 Razorbills (S) and 1 auk sp (N). Also present in the area were 200 Common Gulls and 16 Ravens
 
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Bruce

Senior Member
The rose-coloured starling on Vatersay was in a starling flock around the township. There's currently a couple of hundred starlings in the area so I'd imagine there's every chance it'll stay around for a while.

On Barra the glaucous gull was on the beach at Craigston late morning and at least 1 house martin was still around Eoligarry. Returning waders are in short supply here with just single dunlin, whimbrel and greenshank in the past few days.

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BrianR

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On North Uist a few more waders than on Barra passing through at the moment. Among them this morning at Aird an Runair were 240 Dunlin and single adult Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit. Most of the Arctic Terns have now departed the colony there.

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