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17th November 2017

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Achmore, Isle of Lewis
A Great Tit has recently joined 2 Blue Tits and a resident Coal Tit in a garden there. The last time the observer had seen a Great Tit was 2008

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
A two hour seawatch this morning produced 2 Eiders (S), 6 Long-tailed Duck (5S 1N), 9 Red-throated Divers (2S 7N), 1 Great Northern Diver (N), 2 Gannets (N), 6 Shag (N), 3 Cormorants (S) and 3 auk sp (S). Also present in the area were 53 Wigeon, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers and a Peregrine.

Rubh' Arnal, North Uist
5 Pale-bellied Brent Geese were seen today

Loch Sandary, North Uist
2 Coots were on the loch today

Balranald, North Uist

2 Pink-footed Geese were by Loch nam Feithean
 

Bruce

Senior Member
Not much time in the field today, but an Iceland gull was feeding in the surf off Craigston when I drove by this afternoon.

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Bruce

Senior Member
Of interest, while looking through yesterdays gull photos I noticed that one of yesterdays glaucous gulls at Ardveenish was ringed. After a bit of research I traced it back to a scheme in Denmark. This bird was ringed north of Copenhagen on 25th February 2017. (see map)
 
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