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Recent Sightings To report sightings please contact Steve at: steveduffield@hebrides.net County bird recorder: Brian Rabbitts [rabbitts@hebrides.net]
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28th November: North Uist: 69 Great Northern Divers and 15 Slavonian Grebes around the coast of Berneray, plus 11 Common Scoter. 70+ Snow Buntings on Borve machair, Berneray. Chiffchaff at Clachan Farm. Other: At least one Harbour Porpoise north-east Berneray. 26th November: Sound of Harris: 40 Slavonian Grebes (all close to Berneray) 118 Great Northern Divers and 13 Red-throated Divers from the ferry this afternoon. 24th November: North Uist: Female Ring-necked Duck on Loch Eaval and juvenile Pomarine Skua passed Griminish Point. 22nd November: Benbecula: 20 Snow Buntings on Torlum machair and male Pintail at Borve Point. South Uist: Kentish Plover South Ford off Hebridean Jewellery. 1st and 2nd yr Glaucous Gull in North Bay.
21st November: Benbecula: Great White Egret Loch Mor, also 30 White-fronted Geese there. Male Pintail and 1st yr male Scaup Coot Loch. South Uist: Kentish Plover Hebridean Jewellery. 1st yr and 2nd yr Glaucous Gull North Bay. 17 Snow Buntings Drimsdale machair.
20th November: Benbecula: Great White Egret on Loch Fada again this afternoon (12:30). South Uist: Kentish Plover off Hebridean Jewellery and 20 Snow Buntings there this morning. 2 Chiffchaff and a male Blackcap at Kinloch B&B. Chiffchaff and Woodcock at Druidibeg and 3 Chiffchaff at Snishival. Brambling at Howmore and Grey Wagtail over Drimsdale. Insects: Red Admiral at Peter's Port, Benbecula. 19th November: South Uist: Kentish Plover showing well just passed Hebridean Jewellery where track begins to break up. Other: Juvenile Long-finned Pilot Whale washed up dead on the beach at Baleshare.
18th November: Benbecula: Great White Egret Loch Fada. South Uist: Kentish Plover off Hebridean Jewellery this morning. Imm. Glaucous Gull North Bay.
17th November: Lewis: Iceland Gull Loch Barvas. Benbecula: Chiffchaff near Dunganichy. Male Pintail Coot Loch. South Uist: Kentish Plover off Hebridean Jewellery again this afternoon.
15th November: South Uist: 50 Snow Buntings Balgarva. Imm Glaucous Gull North Bay. 2 Chiffchaff North Loch Eynort. 14th November: South Uist: 100 Snow Buntings Balgarva. 13th November: North Uist: Female Ring-necked Duck Loch Eaval. South Uist: Kentish Plover, Hebridean Jewellery.
12th November: Lewis: juvenile Gyr / hybird? seen heading toward Steinish this morning.
South Uist: Kentish Plover off Hebridean Jewellery again today. 11th November: Lewis: Juvenile falcon - apparently a Gyr at Sandwick, Stornoway today. Juvenile Pomarine Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwaters and 3 Little Auk passed the Butt of Lewis in 2 hours this morning; also 1st w Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull there. 1st w Iceland Gull at Loch Stiapabhat. 1st w Glaucous Gull and Melbost. South Uist: Kentish Plover again in the South Ford off Hebridean Jewellery. Little Auk at Garrynamonie. Imm Glaucous Gull North Bay. 25 Scaup Loch Bee. Barra: 12 Little Auk north passed Borve Point. female / imm Velvet Scoter Cornaig Bay, Vatersay.
10th November: South Uist: 1st w Ivory Gull seen briefly at Howmore estuary, probably flew south. Kentish Plover off Hebridean Jewellery, South Ford. 9th November: Lewis: 1 Sooty Shearwater and 1 Little Auk passed the Butt of Lewis. Juvenile Gluacuos Gull and adult Iceland Gull Siadar Beach. Sound Of Harris: 2 Little Auk from the ferry. 8th November: Lewis: Grey Phalarope passed Bru. North Uist: 24 Pomarine Skuas and a Storm Petrel passed Griminish Point / Caisteal Odair in just over 2 hours this morning. Female Ring-necked Duck on Loch Eaval. 7th November: Lewis: Blackcap at Lionel and 1st w Iceland Gull at Cross. North Uist: Mourning Dove Carnach. Female Ring-necked Duck Loch Eaval. Sooty Shearwater, 4 Pomarine Skuas and a Little Auk passed Griminish Point between 08:20 - 10:30. South Uist: 2nd yr Glaucous Gull North Bay. 6th November: Lewis: 3 Sooty Shearwaters and 4 Little Auk passed the Butt of Lewis. North Uist: Mourning Dove Carnach. Female Ring-necked Duck and 2 Scaup on Loch na Faoileige. Richardson's Canada Goose Berneray. Siberian Chiffchaff Clachan Sands. Grimsay: 1st w Iceland Gull at Monach Seafoods. South Uist: 3 Chiffchaff North Loch Eynort. Juvenile Glaucous Gull south passed Peninerine. 2nd w Glaucous Gull North Bay.
5th November: North Uist: Mourning Dove still at Carnach. Female Ring-necked Duck and Scaup on Loch na Faoileige. Richardson's Canada Goose on Berneray this morning. 2 Grey Phalaropes, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 5 juvenile Pomarine Skuas and a Little Auk passed Griminish Point (08:00 - 13:00).
4th November: Lewis: Red-breasted Flyctacher near Marybank Lodge in the Castle Grounds, also Chiffchaff there. North Uist: Mourning Dove still at Carnach today. Arctic Redpoll at Clachan Sands. Great White Egret at Loch Dusary. Black Redstart at Lochmaddy and Richardson's Canada Goose at Berneray. 3rd November: North Uist: Mourning Dove still at Carnach today. Arctic Redpoll at Oban Trumisgarry, also Great White Egret (mobile). Yellow-browed Warbler at Lochmaddy and Ring-necked Duck at Balranald. 2nd November: North Uist: Mourning Dove still at Carnach today. Nearby Female / juvenile Ring-necked Duck, 1st w male Scaup and Gadwall on Loch na Faoileige. Great White Egret at Oban Trumisgarry and later at Lochmaddy. Iceland Gull and 2 White-fronted Geese at Clachan Sands. Whooper Swans were on the move once the rain stopped this afternoon, all heading south: 31 Baleshare, 7 Clachan-a-Luib, 6 Benbecula, 54 over Drimsdale, South Uist.
1st November: North Uist: Mourning Dove at Carnach, found by the same person (Brian Rabbitts) who found Britain's first only a few miles away at Carinish in 1999. Also a male Blackcap here and female Ring-necked Duck nearby on Loch na Faoileige.
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