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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 25th September 2022. Updated throughout the day
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
A **Great Shearwater**, an adult *Sabine's Gull* and 370 Sooty Shearwaters were seen at sea from the Ullapool - Stornoway ferry
Eochar, South Uist
A ***Semipalmated Sandpiper*** and a Curlew Sandpiper were opposite Hebridean Jewellery this morning
Peninerine, South Uist
The *Buff-breasted Sandpiper*, Pectoral Sandpiper and Curlew Sandpiper were seen on the beach again this morning
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:40-10:25
Weather: Details not available from usual source. Wind approx. W f 4-5, 8/8 cloud, dull
A near 3 hour seawatch this morning produced e Eider (S), 4 Red-throated Divers (3S 1N), 1 Great Northern Diver (S), 290 Gannets (283S 7N), 5 Shag (2S 3N), 2 Razorbills(S), and 1 Black Guillemot (S).
Also present in the area were Tufted Duck 3, Cormorant 14, Hen Harrier 1, Ringed Plover 50, Rock Dove 62, Raven 1, Skylark 2, Wheatear 1, Pied Wagtail 1, and Meadow Pipit 6.
A Curlew Sandpiper flew over Loch Ardvule in the afternoon and a 1CY *Mediterranean Gull* was nearby at Loch Bornish. A **Cory's Shearwater** and a Sooty Shearwater flew past the point at 18:13
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
A **Great Shearwater**, an adult *Sabine's Gull* and 370 Sooty Shearwaters were seen at sea from the Ullapool - Stornoway ferry
Eochar, South Uist
A ***Semipalmated Sandpiper*** and a Curlew Sandpiper were opposite Hebridean Jewellery this morning
Peninerine, South Uist
The *Buff-breasted Sandpiper*, Pectoral Sandpiper and Curlew Sandpiper were seen on the beach again this morning
Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:40-10:25
Weather: Details not available from usual source. Wind approx. W f 4-5, 8/8 cloud, dull
A near 3 hour seawatch this morning produced e Eider (S), 4 Red-throated Divers (3S 1N), 1 Great Northern Diver (S), 290 Gannets (283S 7N), 5 Shag (2S 3N), 2 Razorbills(S), and 1 Black Guillemot (S).
Also present in the area were Tufted Duck 3, Cormorant 14, Hen Harrier 1, Ringed Plover 50, Rock Dove 62, Raven 1, Skylark 2, Wheatear 1, Pied Wagtail 1, and Meadow Pipit 6.
A Curlew Sandpiper flew over Loch Ardvule in the afternoon and a 1CY *Mediterranean Gull* was nearby at Loch Bornish. A **Cory's Shearwater** and a Sooty Shearwater flew past the point at 18:13