Bird Sightings : Outer Hebrides

This is an informal birder's page for sharing first bird sightings of the season, rare bird sightings, unusual birds to an area, and other birding interests in the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland.

Resources
Bird Photographs
Notes: A - Z Index
Notes: Taxonomic Index
Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist
Outer Hebrides Bird Report (Book)
Archived Sightings records
Bird ringing in Lewis
Useful contacts
Wildlife Garden
Birding web sites

Bird photographs
The collection is large enough now
to help with ID - all the birds were
photographed here in the
Western Isles of Scotland
See the bird photographs

Birds in your garden
Share with us news of the birds
you encouraged into your
garden by regular feeding
and developing the habitat
Wildlife Garden

Corrections and birding gleanings
to share are always welcome

Outer Hebrides bird sightings
Please send bird sightings, comments
& photographs to Suzanne
birding@thewesternisles.co.uk 

Our County Bird Recorder
Brian Rabbitts would also like to receive details of your rarity sightings, anything of interest e.g. first/last dates of migrants and any counts of our commoner birds.
rabbitts@hebrides.net

Weather forecast
BBC 5 day forecast
7 Day Tide Forecasts

Iceland & WI wind direction map
Icelandic birding pages

Atlantic Jet Stream forecast map
Surface pressure forecast

RSS feed from Martin Scott's Hebrides Birding Blog:

For past few days the bird feeders on the trees in my garden have
been frequented by (four - maybe more) Goldfinches, with the distinctive
red collars. This is first time i have seen them and Collins birdguide
informs me that they are unusual in Northern Scotland - is this still the case?

The large flock of housesparrows (resident since October) disappeared
during a fierce gale a few weeks ago. Some housesparrows now returning
(same ones ?)

Also a few Greenfinches appearing during past few days - a welcome sight
since i did not see any last year, unlike previous years.

Regards

Angus Murray

25/01/2012

Hi Angus

They are always a joy to see!

I do not have my recent copy of the Outer Hebrides Bird Report
with me, but the 2001 edition says:

"Uncommon (low numbers) passage and winter visitor.
Scarce (very small numbers recorded in most years) before 1997."
There is a breeding record.

Suzanne