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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 20th October 2017

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Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Rueval, Benbecula
A male Ring Ouzel was seen on the east side of Rueval today

Barra
A possible eastern subspecies of Lesser Whitethroat and a Yellow-browed Warbler amongst many other arrivals present on the island - see Bruce's post below

Sound of Taransay, Harris
The drake Surf Scoter, 220 Common Scoters and 150 Eiders present today

Grogarry, South Uist
The *Great White Egret* was present today

North Locheynort, South Uist
4 Bramblings 8 Redpolls, circa 3 Blackcaps, 50 Redwings and 3 Fieldfares were seen today

Iochar, South Uist
A Brambling was seen there today .

Peninerine, South Uist
A Snow Bunting was seen on the road there

South Glendale, South Uist
100 Redwings, 6 Fieldfare, 7 Bramblings, 2 Goldcrests, a Blackcap and a Garden Warbler were in a garden there and a flock of 115 Barnacle Geese were seen heading south.

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Great White Egret courtesy of Bill Neill
 
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Bruce

Senior Member
A decent arrival of blackcaps on Barra today. A minimum of 30 were seen around the island along with c25 bramblings, 4 woodcock, a yellow-browed warbler (Glen), willow warbler, 7+ chiffchaffs, 3 fieldfares, 2 water rails and many hundreds of redwings. The red-breasted flycatcher was still showing well at Ardmhor. A very brown looking lesser whitethroat, possibly of an eastern race, was at Creachan. The coal tit is still at Castlebay and judging from the amount of food it seems to be caching, it's planning on staying a while longer!

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BrianR

Senior Member
During a late morning visit to Aird an Runair, North Uist a White-tailed Eagle well out came from a northerly direction and landed on Causamul, there was a small movement of Kittiwakes in progress (68 SW in a quarter of an hour) and a single Wheatear was present.
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Earlier at Carinish, North Uist there were 55 Redwings, a Chiffchaff and at least one Brambling.
 
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