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Chris Johnson

Senior Member
A Glossy Ibis has just made a brief stop on Ardivachar Headland before moving off in the direction of Kilaulay. It was at Kilaulay that the previous records came from and is probably the same bird.
 

Hawkeye

Eyes and Ears Everywhere
Outer Hebrides / Western Isles bird sightings for today, 8th March 2018

Ness, Isle Lewis
7 Snow Buntings were in the Cross area this morning.

Barvas, Isle of Lewis
2 Glaucous Gulls were on the shore today

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
An Iceland Gull was seen flying over the golf course this afternoon

Loch Bhrusda, Berneray
The *Common Crane* was on the machair just to the west of the loch this morning. Also 50 Snow Buntings in with a large flock of Twite. A further 150+ Snow Buntings were at Borve

Scotvein, Grimsay
13 Fieldfares were there today .

Ruhba Ardvule, South Uist
Weather: Wind SW F1 - SSW F2, mix of high cloud and sunny periods. Temp 1.0C - 4.5C.
A 2.5 hour seawatch this morning produced 21 Eider (16S 5N), 4 Long-tailed Ducks (S), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (S), 6 Red-throated Divers (4S 2N), 17 Gannets (5S 12N), 90 Shag (12S 78N), 3 Cormorants (S), 1 Kittiwake (N), 2 Guillemots (N), 5 Razorbills (4S 1N) and 1 auk sp (N).
Also present in the area were Greylag Goose 14, Shelduck 7, Wigeon 41, Teal 11, Tufted Duck 16, Eider 15, Long-tailed Duck 16, Red-breasted Merganser 5, Red-throated Diver 2, Great Northern Diver 16, Shag 13, Cormorant 16, Golden Plover 1, Purple Sandpiper 17, Black-headed Gull 2, Glaucous Gull 1 (Juvenile), Kumlien's Gull 1 (3CY), Hooded Crow 1, Raven 18, Twite 4 and an Otter

Kilbride, South Uist
A juvenile Glaucous Gull was seen there today

South Glendale, South Uist
A male Siskin was in a garden there
 

Bruce

Senior Member
15 slavonian grebes and c20 long-tailed ducks were off Ardmhor ferry terminal in flat conditions this morning. A Lapland bunting flew north over Eoligarry and a couple of small flocks of whooper swans flew north-west. A juvenile Iceland gull was still at Ardveenish. 21 black-throated divers were off the east side of Vatersay and an adult Iceland gull was still at Caolas.

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