18th June 2023

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 18th June 2023. Updated throughout the day

Balranald, North Uist
The Quaill was again heard calling there. A Treecreeper was seen on the old church wall near the visitor centre

Loch Mor, Benbecula
A female Ruff was there today

Howmore, South Uist
2 Black-tailed Godwits were on the river today

Locheynort, South Uist
An Osprey was seen there this morning

Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
The immature Iceland Gull and an immature Glaucous Gull were seen in the north bay today


Treecreeper (C) Swallow Birding & Wildlife

 

[Bruce]

Barra
Spotted Flycatcher at Cuithir. A flock of 6 Siskins including 4 juveniles at Nask were almost certainly not from Barra.

Spotted Flycatcher

 

[YvonneB]

Monthly WeBS counts today at two count areas. Weather was still warm and muggy but very cloudy and raining at times. I don't think i've ever seen Loch Bee with such a low water level, particularly for this time of year. The clegs were out in force today and I did feel a bit sorry for the shorts-clad folks we saw who were hiking the Hebridean Way.

Loch Bee: 37 species. The most numerous species this month were Gleylag Geese with a count of c400 including many, many goslings, next was Mute Swans with c340, just one Whooper Swan seen. We didn't see anything out of the ordinary, not many waders apart from the usual Lapwings, Oystercatchers and Redshank plus two Golden Plover, two Snipe and seven Dunlin. There were three White-tailed Eagles in the area, occasionaly putting absolutely everything up, no other raptors. We counted five Grey Herons today, sometimes we see none here but I think the shallow water and easy fishing had attracted them.

South Ford: 22 species. Pretty quiet as usual at this time of year and no waders apart from Oystercatcher, Redshank and Lapwing. An eider with ducklings was nice to see.