25th January 2021

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 24th January 2021. Updated throughout the day

Butt of Lewis
Four Glaucous Gulls (two adults and two juveniles) and two Iceland Gulls (adult and a juvenile) were there this afternoon

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
A Treecreeper was seen in a garden today as were two Hawfinch still. A Glaucous Gull was at Loch Àirigh na Lic [see post below]

Loch Bee, South Uist
Three Scaup and seven White-tailed Eagles were seen there today

Askernish, South Uist
A Great Tit was in the township late morning

East Kilbride, South Uist
Two Slavonian Grebes were seen offshore today. 36 Great Northern Divers were seen between Kilbride and Eriskay early afternoon.

Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 08:55-11:00
Weather: Wind NE f3 veering S f2, 7/8 cloud and some light rain clearing to 0/8 cloud and sunshine. Temp 2c increasing to 4c.
A two hour seawatch this morning produced 49 Pale-bellied Brent Geese (S), 3 Long-tailed Ducks (N), 1 Red-throated Diver (N), 2 Gannets (1S 1N), 20 Shag (4S 16N), 1 Cormorant (S), and 2 Razorbills.
Also present in the area were Wigeon 44, Teal 6, Tufted Duck 12, Long-tailed Duck 26, Goldeneye 1, Red-breasted Merganser 2, Red-throated Diver 3, Great Northern Diver 6, Slavonian Grebe 1, Cormorant 21, Common Buzzard 1, Black-headed Gull 1, Hooded Crow 4, Raven 1, Skylark 5, Pied Wagtail 1, Rock Pipit 1 and Twite 5.
5 Bottle-nosed Dolphins were also seen heading south


Treecreeper (C) & courtesy of Pj MacLachlan

 

[Hawkeye]

News from Tristan

On Jan 20th, a flock of 12 Siskins on Stewart Drive was the largest I've seen here for a long time. A Kestrel flying over Cross Street was an unusual sight for Stornoway.

On 24th, the female Gadwall was still at Steinish, where first seen on the 12th. It's only the second time I've seen this species in the Stornoway area.

This afternoon (25th), a Glaucous Gull (2 or 3cy) was in a large gull flock at Loch Àirigh na Lic, near the landfill site. Up to 2 Hawfinches and a male Blackcap regular at feeders in my garden throughout.