Local Rarity 17th January 2023

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today. 17th January 2023. Updated throughout the day

Loch an Tiumpan Isle of Lewis
The drake *Ring-necked Duck* was seen there again today

North Ford
80+ Brent Geese were on the North Ford between Baleshare and Benbecula this morning

 

[Chris Johnson]

The last two days have seen in influx of lapwings (118) and golden plovers (47) on our headland. Also 2 curlews and a few turnstones, a small party of twites, 18 redwings and about 3,000 starlings. The redwings have been around daily since the large numbers in October, they like to follow the cattle around. All periodically but up by a female hen harrier. Offshore have been 26 long-tailed ducks for a few days.

 

[Bruce]

Barra
Common Chiffchaff in our garden at Brevig very briefly. Not what we were expecting when there's 6 inches of snow on the ground! Common Snipe have become very obvious with a dozen next to the small burn beside our house.

Common Snipe

 

[Andrew]

Single fieldfare in my garden in Bornish today with an obvious increase to 60 goldfinches at my feeders in the snowy weather.