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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 4th April 2018. Updated throughout the day

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
19 Iceland Gulls and 3 juvenile Glaucous Gulls are still to be found in the harbour / Goat Island area

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Weather: Wind NNE F5, mainly bright and sunny. Temp 2 - 4.4 C
A near three hour seawatch this morning produced 22 Eider (2S 20N), 1 Long-tailed Duck (N), 3 Red-throated Divers (1S 2N), 21 Fulmars (N), 1 Manx Shearwater (N), 82 Gannets (4S 78N), 44 Shag (2S 42N), 3 Cormorants (N), 10 Bar-tailed Godwits (N), 1 Redshank (N), 1 Turnstone (N), 244 Kittiwakes (N), 1 Black-headed Gull (N), 1 Great Skua (N), 4 Razorbills (N) and 2 auk sp (N).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 2, Wigeon 32, Teal 1, Tufted Duck 4, Eider 23, Red-breasted Merganser 7, Red-throated Diver 1, Great Northern Diver 2, Shag 28, Cormorant 17, Common Buzzard 1, Black-headed Gull 42, Hooded Crow 2, Raven 17, Pied Wagtail 1and Meadow Pipit 1
 

Chris Johnson

Senior Member
Ardivachar
A pair of long-tailed ducks and a great northern diver offshore. 28 redwings feeding on the headland, slowly working their way north.
 
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