Local Rarity 30th May 2024

[Hawkeye]

Western Isles / Outer Hebrides bird sightings for today, 30th May 2024. Updated throughout the day

Skigersta, Isle of Lewis
A Common Swift, Grasshopper Warbler and Chiffchaff were there today

Tarbert, Isle of Harris
A Long-tailed Tit was there today

Aird an Runair, North Uist
10 Long-tailed Skuas and 2 Pomarine Skuas passed had passed north this morning

Mingulay
A Moorhen was there today, the first known record

Rubha Ardvule, South Uist
Counting period: 07:50-09:50
Weather: Wind NNW veering N, prolonged sunny periods, temp 12c.
A 2 hour seawatch this morning produced 27 Kittiwakes (10S 17N), 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (N), 5 Arctic Terns (N), 2 Guillemots (N), 37 Razorbills (N), 19 auk sp (N), 1 Great Northern Diver (N), 21 Fulmars (N), 21Manx Shearwaters (N), and 2 Shag (1S 1N).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 17, Tufted Duck 8, Eider 3, Arctic Skua 1, Cormorant 8, and Sand Martin 6

 

[Bruce]

Barra
Turtle Dove still at Cuithir and the 2 drake Mandarins were still in Castlebay.

 

[Robyn PF]

We’re pretty sure we saw a group of 10-12 Velvet Scoter flying south > north off Garrynamonie early afternoon today. Not a bird we’re familiar with, and they were seen through binoculars rather than a scope, but we can’t think of anything else they could have been.