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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 2nd July 2017

Hawkeye

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Eoligarry, Barra
There were still 2 House Martins to be found hawking insects over the fields to the north of the Cemetery early this morning. There was no sign of the *Rose-coloured Starling* yesterday evening nor this morning, but it was re-sighted this afternoon showing signs of being in poor condition - see Bruce's post below

Ardveenish, Barra
A pair of Siskin have been visiting feeders there for the past few days

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
A three hour seawatch this morning produced 1 Great Northern Diver (N), 7 Fulmars (2S 5N), 28 Manx Shearwaters (16S 12N), 156 Gannets (94S 62N), 4 Kittiwakes (3S 1N), 1 Guillemot (N), 1 Razorbill (N) and 8 auk sp (2S 6N). Also present in the area were a single Great Northern Diver, 5 Sanderling, 8 Twite, a Whimbrel and a female Hen Harrier.

Langass, North Uist
A single Siskin was seen in Langass Woods today

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Siskins courtesy of John Pendry
 
MisterT

MisterT

Always Birding
A definite feeling of change in the air this morning around the patch with fewer birds screaming at me because of young in the near vicinity. The Redshank (40+), Oystercatchers (60+), Lapwings (50+) and Curlew (19) were now in large groups around Loch Hallan, probably looking to move on soon. 37 Golden Plover also touched down on the machair briefly before heading on south. All were adults with many beginning to moult into their winter plumage.

As Brian has noted in earlier posts, as elsewhere, the small colony of Arctic Terns on Hallan (4 – 5 pairs) has also been joined by 2nd CY birds, 18 in total.

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Redshank
 
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Bruce

Senior Member
The rose-coloured starling was still at Eoligarry early afternoon today, but was hunkered down in the bushes out of the wind. Sadly it appears to be suffering from gapeworm and is spending a lot of time holding its bill wide open and generally looking sorry for itself.
In the past couple of days a pair of blackcaps have fledged young at Northbay: this appears to be the first proven breeding record for Barra. One of the grasshopper warblers that arrived in May has begun singing throughout the day, whereas for the past few weeks it's only sung briefly at dawn and dusk. I wonder whether this may be an indication that it's between broods?
 
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