Bird Sightings : Hebrides : October 1st

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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : October 1st - October 14th 2005

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This table is Hebrides Bird Sightings period October 1st - October 14th 2005

mon 31 October, 2005	Whooper Swans	Croir - Bernera Braighe - Point Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	1 adult and 1 juvenile at Croir 7 at the Braighe (some ringed)	DS
sun 30-oct-05	Wheatear	North of Achmore - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Last sighting of the year?	LE
sun 30-oct-05	Goldcrest	Croir - Bernera - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	3 of	DS
sun 30-oct-05	Jack Snipe	Callanish - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		SH
sun 30-oct-05	Hen Harrier	Leurbost - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Female 1 mile toward Achmore	SH ES
sun 30-oct-05	White-rumped Sandpiper	Ardivachar Point + Northbay - South Uist - Outer Hebrides	They are still about...warm weather? Have been sighted so far at the Butt of Lewis lighthouse, Loch Paible - North Uist, West Gerinish - South Uist, Tarbet - Isle of Harris
sun 30-oct-05	Whooper Swans	Ardroil - Uig- Isle of Lewis Callanish - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	4 of at Ardroil 5 heading South Callanish	KP SH
sun 30-oct-05	American Golden Plover	Brue - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sun 30-oct-05	Ring-necked Duck	Outer Hebrides	Similar to tufted duck , but head shape slopes upward instead of rounded, and there is a white band on the bill - seen a few of times recently
sat 29-oct-05	Firecrest	Gisla - Uig - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Male feeding in a Willow tree	KP
sat 29-oct-05	Black-throated Divers	Isle of Eriskay - Outer Hebrides	Someone saw 39 off the coast...
sat 29-oct-05	Green-winged Teals	Steinish - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sat 29-oct-05	Pied Flycatcher	Brevig - Barra - Outer Hebrides
sat 29-oct-05	Kestrel	Shuileshader - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	hunting over crofts	G&J T
sat 29-oct-05	Olive-backed Pipit	Northbay - Barra - Outer Hebrides
sat 29-oct-05	Brent Geese	Northbay - Barra- Outer Hebrides	Branta bernica ssp. hrota?
sat 29-oct-05	Whooper Swan	Tob Bhailasaigh - Bernera - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		SH
sat 29-oct-05	Common Redpoll	Castlebay - Barra Shuileshader - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Breeds in Scandinavia, we get Common, Lesser and rarely Arctic Redpolls. Iceland and Greenland are "sub-species" of the Common Redpoll (thank you Martin)	G&J T
sat 29-oct-05	White-rumped Sandpiper	Outer Hebrides	They are still about...warm weather? Have been sighted so far at the Butt of Lewis lighthouse, Loch Paible - North Uist, West Gerinish - South Uist, Tarbet - Isle of Harris
sat 29-oct-05	Grey Phalarope	Aird na Mhachair - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
sat 29-oct-05	Waxwing	Outer Hebrides
sat 29-oct-05	Ring-necked Duck	Loch Tangasdale + Loch Ardvule - South Uist - Outer Hebrides	Similar to tufted duck, but head shape slopes upward instead of rounded, and there is a white band on the bill - seen a few of times recently
sat 29-oct-05	Canada Goose	Loch Ardvule - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
fri 28-oct-05	Whooper Swans	Callanish - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		ES
fri 28-oct-05	Ring-necked Duck	Loch Ardvule - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
thu 27-oct-05	Ring-necked Duck	Loch Ardvule - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
thu 27-oct-05	Waxwing	Tolsta - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Wed 26-oct-05	Waxwing	Nr Somerfield's - Stornoway - Isle of Lewis Ness - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		MS
Wed 26-oct-05	Glaucous Gull	Stornoway - Lewis Ness -Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Winter Visitors - (sometimes one stays the summer) One or two sometimes found in Stornoway Harbour, and at Balinvanich in Benbecula
Tue 25-oct-05	Siskin	Stornoway woods - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Near the rugby pitch	MS
Tue 25-oct-05	Waxwing	Gress - Isle of Lewis Stornoway - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		MS
Tue 25-oct-05	Mealy Redpoll	Lochs - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Paler than the usual Common Redpolls and rarely as white as Arctic Redpolls. Less streaks, around the sides of the breast and undertail coverts than Arctic Redpoll, no streaks on white rump.	FS
sun 23-oct-05	Golden Eagles	Loch Langavat - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Eagle sightings are so frequent here that they are rarely reported bit this was a sighting of 7! Three tumbling and 5 in the sky at the same time	LE
sun 23-oct-05	Little Egret	Isle of Grimsay - North Uist - Outer Hebrides	Accidental visitor Very few records of it ever being here
sun 23-oct-05	Glaucous Gull	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sun 23-oct-05	Snowy Owl	Loch Barvas - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Occasionally seen at Mangersta in Uig - Isle of Lewis, and recently at Brue - Isle of Lewis. (One has been in the Brue/Arnol area for a couple of weeks and possibly still around there)
sun 23-oct-05	Ring Ouzel	Loch Druidibeg - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
sun 23-oct-05	Hawfinch	Lochmaddy North Uist - Outer Hebrides
sun 23-oct-05	Mediterranean Gull	Loch Barvas - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sun 23-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Outer Hebrides	Passage migrant / Accidental Less than 150 birds recorded in UK each Autumn
sun 23-oct-05	Waxwing	Lochmaddy - North Uist Tarbet - Harris Stoneybridge - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
sun 23-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Druidibeg - South Uist Tarbet - Isle of Harris - Outer Hebrides	A few recent sightings have been made on Barra, Lochboisedale, in the Uists and in Stornoway Castle Woods -Isle of Lewis, Tarbet - Isle of Harris
sun 23-oct-05	Lapland Bunting	Bru - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Passage Migrant - Very infrequent visitor Previously seen with Snow Buntings
sat 22-oct-05	Fieldfare	Croir - Bernera - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	First of season? 15 together, then many flocks thereafter	DS
sat 22-oct-05	Common Redpoll	Brue - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Common Redpoll	Druim Nan Curracag - Callanish - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	3 together eating dandelion seeds	ES
sat 22-oct-05	Waxwing	Northbay - Barra Tarbet - Isle of Harris Brue - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Pallas Warbler	North Locheynort - South Uist and Tarbert - Isle of Harris - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Greenland Redpoll	Ness - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Snowy Owl	Loch Barvas - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Tarbert - Isle of Harris - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Little Egret	Isle of Grimsay - North Uist - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Tarbet -Isle of Harris - Outer Hebrides
sat 22-oct-05	Glaucous Gull	Borgh Point - Barra - Outer Hebrides
fri 21-oct-05	Long -tailed Ducks	Point end of the Braigh - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		JH
fri 21-oct-05	Pallas Warbler	Loch Eyenort - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
fri 21-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Garden-Lochboisedale - South Uists Castlebay - Barra - Outer Hebrides
fri 21-oct-05	Hobby	Northbay - Barra - Outer Hebrides	photo of Hobby at this location
fri 21-oct-05	Pied Flycatcher	Northbay - Barra - Outer Hebrides
fri 21-oct-05	Slavonian Grebe	Castlebay/Northbay - Barra - Outer Hebrides	Mostly seen on seawater, this sighting was a group of 9, they are usually seen singly Sept - Spring
fri 21-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Lochboisdale - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Pied Flycatcher	Barra Barra Northbay - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Tolsta - Isle of Lewis Loch Eynort - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Pallas Warbler	South Uist - North Locheynort - Outer Hebrides	So rare here it is not on the Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist
thu 20-oct-05	Iceland Gull	Aird na Mhachair - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Greenland Redpoll	Barra - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Ring Ouzel	Barra - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Common Redpoll	Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Greenland Redpoll	Barra - Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Iceland Redpoll	- Outer Hebrides
thu 20-oct-05	Common Crossbill	Barra - Outer Hebrides
wed 19-oct-05	Goldcrest	Aiginish - Point - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	5 with Common Redstart and Blackcaps	GT
wed 19-oct-05	Common Redstart	Aiginish - Point - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	with 5 Blackcaps, Goldcrest Passage Migrant	GT
wed 19-oct-05	Blackcaps	Aiginish - Point - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	5 with Common Redstart and Goldcrest	GT
wed 19-oct-05	Ring Ouzel	Barra - Outer Hebrides
wed 19-oct-05	Pectoral Sandpiper	West Gerenish - South Uist - Outer Hebrides	Streaks on breast come to a point. Some sightings have been made of two or three birds at a time. Seen at Steinish with Lapwings, at the Butt of Lewis, and at West Gerinish - South Uist photo of Pectoral Sandpiper at West Gerinish
wed 19-oct-05	Hawfinch	Lochmaddy - North Uist - Outer Hebrides
wed 19-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Barra - Outer Hebrides
wed 19-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	North Uist - Lochmaddy Tolsta - Lewis lochboisdale South Uist North Loch Eynort
tue 18-oct-05	Lapland Bunting	Malaclete - North Uist - Outer Hebrides
tue 18-oct-05	Snowy Owl	West Side - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		AR FS
tue 18-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	North Uist - Lochmaddy - Outer Hebrides
tue 18-oct-05	Pectoral Sandpiper	West Gerenish - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
mon 17-oct-05	Hobby	Barra - Outer Hebrides
mon 17-oct-05	Blackcap	Sheshader - Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Male and Female	R&JH
mon 17-oct-05	Baird's Sandpiper	200 metres North - East of the Airport - Barra - Outer Hebrides	Juvenile (There was also a sighting in Borve - Isle of Lewis in September)
mon 17-oct-05	Pectoral Sandpiper	Outer Hebrides
mon 17-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Barra Lochmaddy - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
mon 17-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Brevig - Outer Hebrides North End of South Uist by road to Loch Carnan in a garden
mon 17-oct-05	Redpoll	Outer Hebrides
mon 17-oct-05	Brambling	South Galson - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Brambling	Croir - Bernera - Isle of Lewis Galson - Isle of Lewis		DS
Sun, 16-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Galson - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Baird's Sandpiper	Barra Airstrip - Outer Hebrides	(There was also a sighting in Borve in September)
Sun, 16-oct-05	Pectoral Sandpiper	West Gerenish - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Hawfinch	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Swift	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	White-rumped Sandpiper	West Gerenish - South Uist - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Whinchat	Beach -Borve - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	also Snow Bunting, Fieldfare, flocks of Redwing	G&J
Sun, 16-oct-05	Greenland Redpoll	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Iceland Redpoll	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
Sun, 16-oct-05	Long-tailed Duck	Beach -Bernera - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		FS
Sun, 16-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Galson - Isle of Lewis Barra near airstrip - Outer Hebrides
15-oct-05	Sparrowhawk	Loch leurbost - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Hen - Close to village	FS
15-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Outer Hebrides
15-oct-05	Whinchat	Loch leurbost - Lewis - Outer Hebrides		FS
15-oct-05	Reed Buntings	Loch leurbost - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		FS
15-oct-05	Hen Harrier	Loch leurbost - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Male About the shore	FS
15-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Loch Eynort - South Uist - Outer Hebrides - Outer Hebrides
15-oct-05	Merlin	Pairc hills - Lochs - Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Female	FS
15-oct-05	Wheatear	Pairc hills - Lochs - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	Is this one the last of the season?	FS
15-oct-05	Snow Buntings	Pairc hills - Lochs Lewis - Outer Hebrides	20+ super photographs of Snow Buntings elsewhere	FS
15-oct-05	Barnacle Geese	Braighe Pond Near Stornoway - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides	2 with 122 Greylag Geese	JH
14-oct-05	Yellow-browed Warbler	Barvas - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
14-oct-05	Barred Warbler	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
14-oct-05	Greenland Redpoll	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
14-oct-05	Ring-necked Duck	Loch Sandary - North Uist - Outer Hebrides
14-oct-05	American Golden Plover	Butt of Lewis - Outer Hebrides
14-oct-05	Kestrel	Lundale - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides		DS
14-oct-05	Red-breasted Flycatcher	Ness - Isle of Lewis - Outer

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