21st April 2017

[Hawkeye]

Eriskay causeway
19 Pale-bellied Brent Geese nearby.

North end of Loch Bee, South Uist
At least 350 Black-tailed godwits present.

Ard Kenneth, South Uist
12 Greenland White-fronted Geese present. At nearby Balgarva 20 White Wagtails were seen.

Ardivachar Point, South Uist
A juv Iceland Gull reported today

Torlum, Benbecula
2W Iceland Gull on the machair near Torlum.
At nearby Loch Mor a common Tern was reported.

Oban Trumisgarry, North Uist
The Green-winged Teal is still present

Carinish, North Uist
5 Whimbrel and an Arctic Tern were present this morning

Bayhead, North Uist
40 Whimbrel seen

Baleshare, North Uist
A great count of a minimum of 200 Black-tailed godwits were seen.

Ness area, Isle of Lewis
News from Tony Marr:-

"The number of Pink-footed Geese continues to drop as birds leave, while Whooper Swans, Black-tailed Godwit and Golden Plover numbers rose today. The drake Green-winged Teal (and his friend) were seen in the morning but not later."

Loch Stiapavat

• Green-winged Teal with accompanying duck teal sp. seen here in the morning
• Whooper Swans – six arrived in late morning; only two remained this evening
• Barnacle Geese – 13 in fields opposite the hide may well have been the 13 seen yesterday at the Butt

The machair Lionel/Eoropie

• Pink-footed Geese – 75 this morning were down to 45 this evening
• Golden Plover – 1,200 present all day (largest no. this spring)

Fivepenny flood

• Black-tailed Godwit – 49 this morning were not seen after (09.00)

 

[BrianR]

Seawatch at Aird an Rùnair this morning for a couple of hours (09.25-11.25 hours). Sunny intervals and showers and a NW wind F3-5. Eight Arctic Skuas flew N (including four together) and 19 Great Skuas (also including four together). Not much else was moving through but some 250 Barnacle Geese arrived from the S to join others on the headland and the five pale-breasted Brent Geese of the previous day were still present. Also nine Whimbrel appeared and there were two or three White Wagtails on the beach.

Whimbrel

 

[MisterT]

A walk around "the patch" today here at Askernish, South Uist found 2 singing Chiffchaff, a Lesser Redpoll and 3 Redwing here in the township. There were 300+ Golden Plover on the machair plus 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3 pair of Shoveller, 3 Wheatear, 14 Snipe and 6 Sand Martin in/around Loch Hallan while 7 Whimbrel were on the beach.


Redwing

 

[Ardmaraig]

Common Tern at Loch Mor, Beb this afternoon.

 

[Chris Johnson]

A quiet day at Ardivachar with a single Arctic Skua in the morning. The afternoon saw a steady trickle of Whimbrels, mainly ones and twos with the largest group of 21 - about 45 in total.