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Rock Dove
Berneray 2006
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Wood Pigeon
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Collared Dove
Common and breeding on the main chain of islands.
Benbecula, 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Turtle Dove
Dell, Lewis 15.10.06 |
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Turtle Dove
Dell, Lewis 15.10.06
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Turtle Dove
Dell, Lewis 2006
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Mourning Dove
Carnach, N Uist, Nov. 07.
Very rare visitor. The 2nd record for Britain and the 2nd for the Outer Hebrides.
photo: Terry Fountain |
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Mourning Dove
North Uist 1st Nov. 2007
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Mourning Dove
photo: Terry Fountain |
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Mourning Dove
2nd for Outer Hebrides.
photo: Terry Fountain |
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Short-eared Owl
Uist, 2007.
photo: Mark Darling |
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Short-eared Owl
Benbecula, 2007.
Common in the Uists during the summer and quite scarce during the winter. Scarce elsewhere in the Outer Hebrides.
photo: Steve Fletcher |
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Snowy Owl
Grenitote, N Uist
19.10.06
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Snowy Owl
N Uist 2006
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Snowy Owl
imm. male at Borve Feb 2007
photo: Mark Witherall |
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Snowy Owl
N Uist Oct. 2006
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Snowy Owl
N Uist 19.10.06
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Skylark
common resident |
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Sand Martin
Barra, May 2007.
Regular visitor in small numbers.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Red-rumped Swallow
Adult at Port of Ness, 28th Oct. 2007.
Very rare visitor to Outer Hebrides. This is the 3rd record for the islands.
photo: Tristan ap Rheinhallt |
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Tawny Pipit
Smerclate, S Uist, June 2007.
Very rare visitor to the islands.
photo: |
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Rock Pipit
Common resident |
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Rock Pipit
St. Kilda, August 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Buff-bellied Pipit
Benbecula, Oct 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Buff-bellied Pipit
Part of an invasion into the UK during 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Buff-bellied Pipit
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Buff-bellied Pipit
Torlum shoreline, Benbecula, 18th Oct. 07.
Very rare visitor.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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White Wagtail
St. Kilda Aug. 2007
Common passage migrant.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Dipper
Barra, Oct. 2007.
Breeds in South Uist, Lewis and Harris. Rare elsewhere.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Dipper
Barra, Oct 2007.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Wren
The hebridean race is smaller and darker than mainland forms |
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Wren
the resident Hebridean race of Wren is common throughout the islands apart from St. Kilda
photo: John Kemp |
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St. Kilda Wren
The St. Kilda subspecies of Wren is a large, pale race compared with the much darker and smaller Hebridean Wren.
photo: Terry Fountain |
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St. Kilda Wren
August 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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St. Kilda Wren
Aug. 07
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Robin
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Redstart
Clachan Farm, N Uist
18.10.06
photo: Brian Rabbitts
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Wheatear
Uist 2006
photo: John Kemp
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Wheatear
male |
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Wheatear
Rangehead, S Uist, 1st Oct. 07.
photo: Steve Duffield |
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Stonechat
Resident throughout the main chain of islands.
Female shown here |
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Song Thrush
The hebridean race is darker above than the mainland forms or migrant birds |
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Redwing
Common migrant and winter visitor. |
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Fieldfare
common on passage in autumn and regular in small numbers in winter |
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