Tree Creeper in the Western Isles

[dbozkurt]

Hi There

I got these two grainy blurry images whilst in the Stornoway Castle grounds, its dark, rainy and cloudy today. It looks a bit like a tree creeper but they are very rare here, quote from Western Isles Website: "In the Western Isles there was a peak of about 10 pairs in Stornoway Caste Grounds in 1966, since then they have declined in number, with only one or two sightings some years. There are only about three records of treecreepers anywhere in the Western Isles outside of the Stornoway Castle Grounds".

Can anyone out there give me advice. Thanks Debs

PS All my icons on the text box are frozen, i.e. bold, formating, smiles etc. Have got the standard editor chosen, is anyone else got problems? Had to insert pictures by copying to note pad.

[vinnychameleon]

Yes that is definetly a treecreeper. Seeing how rare they are up there you are very lucky to see one.

[James_Owen]

My advice would be to tell your county recorder!
Perhaps include the Iceland and Glaucous Gull too, these are significant birds you're finding.

[rlchew]

Yes .... a Treecreeper.

Relatively common down here .... we have trees .... but an excellent sighting for the Outer Hebrides!

Richard