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Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 28th September 2019. Updated throughout the day
Hirta, St Kilda
The female ***Snowy Owl*** was seen there today
Butt of Lewis
4 Snow Buntings were there today. 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Pied Flycatcher were nearby at Port of Ness.
Carinish, North Uist
The Rose-coloured Starling and the juvenile Cuckoo were still there today
Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:45 - 10:50
Weather: Wind SSE F1 veering SSW then SSW F2. Mostly sunny, temp 8C increasing to 13C.
A 3 hour seawatch this morning produced 1 Red-throated Diver (S), 2 Great Northern Divers (1S 1N), 440 Gannets (291S 149S), 32 Shags (19S 12N), 2 Cormorants (N), 3 Kittiwakes (S), 1 Pomarine Skua [intermediate juvenile] (S), 1 Guillemot (N), 2 Razorbills (S) and 8 auk sp (7S 1N).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 129, Wigeon 4, Mallard 49, Pintail 3, Teal 9, Tufted Duck 2, Red-throated Diver 4, Grey Heron 1, Cormorant 12, Common Buzzard 1, Bar-tailed Godwit 5, Black-tailed Godwit 58, Snipe 5, Black-headed Gull 2, Common Gull 170, Herring Gull 80, Common Tern [juvenile]1, Rock Dove 3, Raven 8, Skylark 12, Starling 240, Pied Wagtail 5, Meadow Pipit 14, Rock Pipit 3 and Twite 13
Snowy Owl (C) and courtesy of Sarah Lawrence
Hirta, St Kilda
The female ***Snowy Owl*** was seen there today
Butt of Lewis
4 Snow Buntings were there today. 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Pied Flycatcher were nearby at Port of Ness.
Carinish, North Uist
The Rose-coloured Starling and the juvenile Cuckoo were still there today
Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:45 - 10:50
Weather: Wind SSE F1 veering SSW then SSW F2. Mostly sunny, temp 8C increasing to 13C.
A 3 hour seawatch this morning produced 1 Red-throated Diver (S), 2 Great Northern Divers (1S 1N), 440 Gannets (291S 149S), 32 Shags (19S 12N), 2 Cormorants (N), 3 Kittiwakes (S), 1 Pomarine Skua [intermediate juvenile] (S), 1 Guillemot (N), 2 Razorbills (S) and 8 auk sp (7S 1N).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 129, Wigeon 4, Mallard 49, Pintail 3, Teal 9, Tufted Duck 2, Red-throated Diver 4, Grey Heron 1, Cormorant 12, Common Buzzard 1, Bar-tailed Godwit 5, Black-tailed Godwit 58, Snipe 5, Black-headed Gull 2, Common Gull 170, Herring Gull 80, Common Tern [juvenile]1, Rock Dove 3, Raven 8, Skylark 12, Starling 240, Pied Wagtail 5, Meadow Pipit 14, Rock Pipit 3 and Twite 13
Snowy Owl (C) and courtesy of Sarah Lawrence
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