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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 23rd August 2023. Updated throughout the day

Butt of Lewis
1 Sooty Shearwater, 45 Manx Shearwaters, 2 Storm Petrels, 2 Great Skuas, 17 Whimbrel, 1 Knot and 1 Collared Dove were seen during a 2 hour seawatch early morning

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
1 Long-tailed Skua, 14 Sooty Shearwaters, 13 Arctic Skuas, 4 Storm Petrels, 11 Great Skuas and 222 Manx Shearwaters were seen from the Ullapool - Stornoway ferry this morning. 4 Arctic Skuas, 1 *Sabine's Gull* [adult], 9 Sooty Shearwater, 237 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Storm Petrels and a Leach's Petrel were seen on the return journey

Teanamchar, Baleshare
2 Ruff and 27 Knot were seen ther today

Coot Loch, Benbecula
The **White-winged Black Tern** was there again early afternoon. 23 Black-tailed Godwits were on nearby fields

West Gerinish, South Uist
35 Black-tailed Godwits, 83 Shoveler, 18 Whimbrel and 3 Pintail were in the SW corner of Loch Bee

Bornish, South Uist
4 Ruff were on the machair early afternoon
 
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