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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 20th November 2023

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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 20th November 2023. Updated throughout the day

Loch Stiapabhat, Isle of Lewis
The drake *Green-winged Teal* was again on pools near the hide. The *American Golden Plover* was on the nearby machair

Loch Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis
The *Ring-necked Duck* drake remains present today

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
8 Waxwings were at Goathill Crescent this morning. Another Waxwing and a female Blackcap were at Kennedy Terrace

Loch Ardvule, South Uist
7 Black-tailed Godwits were there today

South Glendale, South Uist
A Waxwing and 2 Blackcaps were visiting a garden there
 
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Sadly no Waxwings today there at Askernish but at least the female Blackcap can now feed on the apples without interuption

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Barra
2 Waxwings were at Northbay and 2 were at Castlebay this morning. A flock of 12 Long-tailed Tits flew south over Brevig before settling at Creachan. If it's the same flock that we saw there on Friday they've gained 2 Long-tailed Tits. The Pale-bellied Brent Goose flock at Traigh Mhor is still increasing; 136 were there this afternoon. More unusually a lone juvenile Brent was among the roosting Great Black-backs at Ardveenish.
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Pale-bellied Brent Geese
 
Monthly WeBS count today, the day started off rather dreich but improved as the day went on.

Loch Bee: Things seemed fairly quiet, c270 Mute Swans, 14 Whooper Swans, 340 Wigeon, 100+ Mallard, c35 Teal and 102 Tufted Duck. Apart from c175 Lapwings and around 60 Golden Plover waders were pretty thin on the ground, just 3 Redshank, 5 Curlew and 5 Dunlin. Plenty of Greylag Geese with c175 in the area, 14 Barnacle Geese and 8 Greenland White-fronts. Raptor-wise there was a sole White-tailed Eagle in the area plus a Kestrel and a Merlin.

South Ford: The tide was rising rapidly and all the waders were gathering up into large groups, c800 Dunlin, c370 Bar-tailed Godwits, c300 Grey Plover and c60 Ringed Plover, c30 Curlew and smaller numbers (less than 20 birds) of Lapwing, Redshank and Oystercatcher.

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Merlin
 
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