• 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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YvonneB

OH Bird Recorder
We were out Storm Petrel ringing in South Uist until the early hours of this morning, a steady flow of birds with 79 individuals ringed plus 1 Leach's Petrel.

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Ringing in the dark from the back of the vehicle.

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The Leach's was obvious with it's much larger size and a forked tail.

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I'm not sure that the photo does justice to the size difference between Storm and Leach's Petrels but the Leach's in @MisterT 's left hand had a wing length of 163mm and weighed in at 42.4g and the Storm Petrel in his right hand had a wing length of 121mm and weighed in at 24.9g
 
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