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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

Reposted from X Bruce Taylor @barrabirder Proper autumnal weather on Barra today with frequent heavy showers driven on by a force 9 south-westerly. Another heavy passage of Manxies offshore and a sample count of 134 Sooty Shearwaters past Borve in an hour this evening.

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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

You reposted from X St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS @StKildaNTS Awesome views of the #StKilda American Cliff Swallow continue today 😍 Flying around a localised patch near the Manse in gale force winds, often settling for a rest on the grass or on rocks. @HebridesBirds @BirdGuides @rbnUK

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

By taking part in the Winter Gull Survey this September, you'll aid the understanding of gull movements throughout Autumn & help to better inform conservation efforts 🌍➡️Visit www.bto.org/wings to learn more, sign up & find gull roost sites in your area. #WinGS_UK

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

Joe has crossed the Sahara 🙌🌍 He set off across the Mediterranean from Sardinia on Saturday night covering 150 miles of open water before arriving in North Africa, then he moved southward & took a non-stop flight across the Sahara. 😮 Who will be next?➡️ www.bto.org/cuckoos

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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

BOURC review of old Collared Pratincole records in latest British Birds (2024; 117: 152-167) has turned up first Western Palearctic record of Oriental Pratincole from Flannan Isles, Outer Hebrides, July1908. ID resolved genetically. Image (C) British Birds

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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

Another Oystercatcher ringed as a chick at Ormiclate, South Uist on 14-June-2014 was controlled (caught and released) on the Isle of Orosay on 04-March-2024 a duration of 2,553 days and a distance of 155km.

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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Oystercatcher ringed as a chick at Griminish, Benbecula 11/06/2005 was controlled at Bangor Harbour on 28/01/2024, that's 6805 days (18 yrs 7 months 18 days) & distance of 512 km. Previously controlled Beaumaris, Anglesey 16/10/2011. Thanks to Hugh Insley for the info.

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Outer Hebrides Birds @hebridesbirds.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

2018 Outer Hebrides Bird Report is still available and is for sale on the website, A5 size, 210 pages, full colour, £10 + £2.50 P&P tinyurl.com/44cjmwha edited by Yvonne Benting. Thanks for all who submitted records, photos and art!

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