National Rarity 2nd January 2023

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 2nd January 2023. Updated throughout the day

Loch an Tiumpan, Isle of Lewis
The drake *Ring-necked Duck* and *Green-winged Teal* were there again today. 2 Pink-feet were also by the loch and a Glaucous Gull passed the lighthouse at Tiumpan Head early afternoon

Balranald, North Uist
A ***Cackling Goose***, 3 Snow Buntings and a Rook were seen there this afternoon. 7 Pintail were at Loch Paible and a drake *Green-winged Teal* was nearby at Loch nam Feithean

Rubh' Arnal, North Uist
7 Iceland Gulls, a juvenile Glaucous Gull and 18 Snow Buntings were there today

Ardmhor, Barra
The drake *Green-winged Teal* was there again this morning

 

[Bruce]

Barra
A single 1st winter Little Gull was at Traigh Mhor again just before high tide this afternoon.

 

[YvonneB]

The trails were pretty icy at Locheynort this morning and the woods pretty quiet but managed to add a few more species to the year list including Greenshank and Sparrowhawk.

At Ardvule the female Pintail was on the loch and a single White-tailed Eagle was on the beach, plenty of duck on the loch and pretty good numbers of waders on the beach.

A Black-throated diver was offshore Aird-mhicheil, an adult Glaucous Gull was on the beach at Stoneybridge, 3 Common Scoter at Peninerine and at West Loch Ollay a Little Egret was pretty active and after much searching the female Pochard was located out on the loch.


Glaucous Gull, Stoneybridge


Whooper Swans on the flooded machair