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When here in the Outer Hebrides and looking at a bird, have you ever wondered how rare it is? The status of all species can vary enormously from island to island. How rare is Shoveler on Barra, has Stock Dove been seen on Harris, does Dotterel occur on Benbecula in the autumn, and how common is Blue Tit on North Uist? Well, fret no longer! The Status and Distribution of birds here on the Outer Hebrides has been completely updated and summarised for every species and each of the main islands and outliers. Available as an online resource at https://status.outerhebrides-birdreports.org/ or via our shop
Patch Birding Yvonne's Local Patch - 2023
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YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
A quick round up of how it's going here in the Outer Hebrides, seven months into the year:
Bruce, as ever, coming up with great results
Info from the Patchwork Challenge spreadsheet
| Name | Patch | Minileague | Species | Points |
| Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra 10km | Islands | 138 | 227 |
| Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra south | Islands | 114 | 171 |
| Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra north | Islands | 104 | 148 |
| Ian Thompson | Askernish - South Uist | Islands | 102 | 132 |
| Yvonne Benting | Askernish - South Uist | Islands | 81 | 105 |
Bruce, as ever, coming up with great results
Info from the Patchwork Challenge spreadsheet
YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
A quick round up of how we are doing in the Outer Hebrides compared to the other Scottish Islands, points-wise
| Name | Patch | Species | Points |
| David Roche | Papa Westray | 148 | 280 |
| John Bowler | Isle of Tiree (west) | 166 | 269 |
| John Bowler | Balephuill, Isle of Tiree | 157 | 240 |
| Steve Dudley | North Westray, Orkney | 129 | 240 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra 10km | 138 | 227 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra south | 114 | 171 |
| Steve Dudley | North Westray, Orkney | 109 | 168 |
| Matt Bruce | Sandwick | 118 | 167 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra north | 104 | 148 |
| David Parnaby | Fair Isle | 107 | 143 |
| **Ian Thompson | Askernish - South Uist | 107 | 139 |
| Sean Morris | Isle of Rum | 102 | 129 |
| Kevin Kelly | Dunrossness - Shetland | 86 | 114 |
| **Yvonne Benting | Askernish - South Uist | 84 | 109 |
| Kevin Kelly | Dunrossness - Shetland | 76 | 100 |
| Sean Morris | Kilmory | 82 | 100 |
| Sean Morris | Kinloch | 78 | 93 |
| Alastair Forsyth | Harray, West Mainland, Orkney | 77 | 88 |
| Russell Neave | Sanday, Orkney (10km) | 69 | 86 |
| Russell Neave | Sanday, Orkney (3km) | 49 | 53 |
| Emma Neave-Webb | Sanday, Orkney (3km) | 14 | 15 |
YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
And this table lists the Scottish Islands patch birders by number of species, John Bowler in Tiree leading the field as always and Bruce in Barra doing a brilliant job to represent the OH
| Name | Patch | Species | Points |
| John Bowler | Isle of Tiree (west) | 166 | 269 |
| John Bowler | Balephuill, Isle of Tiree | 157 | 240 |
| David Roche | Papa Westray | 148 | 280 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra 10km | 138 | 227 |
| Steve Dudley | North Westray, Orkney | 129 | 240 |
| Matt Bruce | Sandwick | 118 | 167 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra south | 114 | 171 |
| Steve Dudley | North Westray, Orkney | 109 | 168 |
| David Parnaby | Fair Isle | 107 | 143 |
| **Ian Thompson | Askernish - South Uist | 107 | 139 |
| **Bruce Taylor | Isle of Barra north | 104 | 148 |
| Sean Morris | Isle of Rum | 102 | 129 |
| Kevin Kelly | Dunrossness - Shetland | 86 | 114 |
| **Yvonne Benting | Askernish - South Uist | 84 | 109 |
| Sean Morris | Kilmory | 82 | 100 |
| Sean Morris | Kinloch | 78 | 93 |
| Alastair Forsyth | Harray, West Mainland, Orkney | 77 | 88 |
| Kevin Kelly | Dunrossness - Shetland | 76 | 100 |
| Russell Neave | Sanday, Orkney (10km) | 69 | 86 |
| Russell Neave | Sanday, Orkney (3km) | 49 | 53 |
| Emma Neave-Webb | Sanday, Orkney (3km) | 14 | 15 |
YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
89. Waxwing - Away for a month visiting family and hoped that there would still be some Waxwings around when we came back, got the apples out straight away and it didn't take long for a Waxwing to find it
90. Long-tailed Tit - A first for the garden, a wee flock of 10 late afternoon too quick for me to get a photo
91. Brambling - ringed this afternoon
With these species it's feeling like winter!
90. Long-tailed Tit - A first for the garden, a wee flock of 10 late afternoon too quick for me to get a photo
91. Brambling - ringed this afternoon
With these species it's feeling like winter!
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YvonneB
OH Bird Recorder
Yes!!! Patch tick! Patch Gold!*
94. Rook, photo taken through the window so not quite sharp but there it is.
*Patch Gold is defined by the Patchwork Challenge folks as a bird that is very rare for your patch. This is only the tenth record of Rook for South Uist since 2000.
94. Rook, photo taken through the window so not quite sharp but there it is.
*Patch Gold is defined by the Patchwork Challenge folks as a bird that is very rare for your patch. This is only the tenth record of Rook for South Uist since 2000.