Local Rarity 21st June 2017

[Hawkeye]

Kildonan, South Uist
The long staying 2CY Iceland Gull is still present at Roe Glas this morning

Bornish, South Uist
The wandering herd of 6 Whooper Swans had returned to the small lochern at Bornish early this morning

 

[MisterT]

The immature Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull are still enjoying delving into all the seaweed at Ardivachar Point, South Uist, and were joined by the luecistic Common Gull today

 

[BrianR]

On North Uist at Paiblesgarry today Peter Murray described a bird feeding on seeds with the sparrows in his garden this morning - of similar size and build as sparrows with thickish bill, reddish head and breast, brownish upperparts and flesh-coloured legs. Almost certainly a ♂ *Common Rosefinch* (there are not many Outer Hebrides records of birds in this plumage).

Also today the Glaucous Gull remains at Loch Sandary and a Swift flew S at Hougharry.