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4th June:

Lewis: There are now 3 Rose-coloured Starlings in Fivepenny. A juvenile Glaucous Gull was at the Butt.

Benbecula: The juvenile Glaucous Gull is still in Stinky Bay.

South Uist: A Common Redpoll and a Siskin were in Carnan.

Barra: A male Red-backed Shrike was at Bolnabodach this afternoon.

 

3rd June:

North Uist: The drake Lesser Scaup is still on Loch Sandary. A 2nd cal yr Iceland Gull was at Rubh' Arnal. A Whitethroat, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Siskin were at Langass Lodge.

Benbecula: A 3rd cal yr Glaucous Gull was in Stinky Bay today.

South Uist: A Common Redpoll was in Carnan.

Lesser Scaup and Redshanks (Steve Duffield)

 

2nd June:

Lewis: A 2nd cal yr Glaucous Gull was at the Butt this afternoon. A Rose-coloured Starling was seen at Fivepenny, Ness this afternoon.

North Uist: A Blyth's Reed Warbler was reported from Callernish House.

Barra: A 1st summer male Red-breasted Flycatcher was at Creachan this morning; also at least 6 Spotted Flycatchers were seen around the island.

South Uist: A Hawfinch was seen in Askernish.

Insects: 91 moths / 29 species of moths were caught on Eriskay last night including a Buff-tip, Poplar Lutestring, Bee Moth, Burnished Brass, Silver Y, Cinnabar, Carpatolechia notatella, Ancylis subarcuana and Ancylis geminana. In South Glendale moths trapped included 38 Buff Ermine, 1 Silver Hook, 1 Sweet Gale Moth, 2 Elephant Hawk-moths, 1 Buff-tip, 93 Brown Silver-line, 2 Cinnabars, 1 Glaucous Shears, Syndemis musculana, 15 Anania fuscalis, 1 Carpatolechia notatella, 13 Neofaculta ericetella and Caloptilia stigmatella.

 
Buff-tip, Delplanqueia dilutella, Poplar Lutestring, Silver Hook and Sweet Gale (John Kemp)

 

1st June:

North Uist: A Spotted Flycatcher was at Callernish House; also 3 Barnacle Geese nearby. A Turtle Dove was at Clachan this evening.

South Uist: A Water Rail was calling at Ardkenneth, by St. Michael's chuch this evening.

Insects: Good numbers of Red Admirals and Painted Ladys are around the islands at the moment with 5 Red Admirals, 2 Painted Ladys in a single garden in Carnan as well as several Common Blues and a Small Heath. 58 moths of 15 species were trapped in Carnan last night including 23 Fox Moths, 3 Elephant Hawkmoths, a Poplar Hawkmoth, a Silver Y and 2 Angle Shades amongst others. In Carinish 106 moths of 29 species were caught. This included 7 Silver Y's, 2 Cinnabar, 10 Fox Moths and the migrant Diamond-back moth amongst others. A Dark Sword-grass was caught at Claddach Baleshare.

Cinnabar moth, Greenfinch and Turtle Dove (Steve Duffield)