Red Grouse |
Osprey |
Loch Ruthven from Broc Cabin. |
View from Cairngorm |
Meadow Pipit. |
A distant Ptarmigan |
Ring Ouzel bring food. |
Ring Ouzel female feeds the nestlings. |
Family settling down. |
Willow Warbler. |
Taking refreshment in Ptarmigan Restaurant. |
Curlew |
Blue Tit on the Broc Feeder. |
Lesser Redpoll. Broc. |
Ring-neck Pheasant. We should have rung its neck too. |
Courting display of Slavonian Grebes. |
Slavonian Grebe. Loch Ruthven. |
Slavonian Grebe. Loch Ruthven. |
Taigh Thormoid an ic Iain (The House of Norman son of Iain.) |
Gearranan Blackhouse Village. |
Northern Wheatear. |
Common Stonechat. |
Tree Pipit. |
Dunlin. |
Formation feeding. |
Red-throated Diver. Loch Stiopabhan.Lewis. |
Displaying Ruff. |
First time I had witnessed this. |
They come in many guises. |
The lady is not impressed by white. |
How about black? |
Northern Gannet. Butt of Lewis. |
Tender Fulmar moment. |
Sanderling. |
Ringed Plover. |
Black-throated Divers. Stornaway. |
Black-throated Divers. Stornaway. |
Black-throated Divers. Stornaway. |
Golden Eagle in dispute with Hoodies. |
The Eagle won. |
Black Rabbit on Lewis. |
Great Northern Diver. |
Calanish standng stones. Lewis. |
Older than Stonehenge. |
Song Thrush. Gearrannan. |
Wren. Gearrannan. |
Golden Plover. Uig |
Red-throated Divers. Above Uig somewhere. |
Deer leap. |
Whimbrel. All the following are at Loch Stiapabhat. Lewis. |
Whimbrell, Bh, Lesser and Great Blackbacked Gulls. |
Redshank. |
Kittiwake. |
Common Snipe. |
Eurasian Teal. |
Red-throated Diver. Injured I think. |
Red-throated Diver. |
Common Snipe. |
Ruff. |
Ruff and Redshank. |
Ruff. |
Still displaying. |
Family of Otters. |
Greylag Geese. |
Turnstones. Loch Shiaboist, Lewis. |
Splendid beaches. Traigh losgaintir, (Luskentyre). |
Little Tern. Borgh, Berneray. |
Rock Dove. Berneray. |
Swallow. Lochside Cottage. Hosta. |
Tufted Drake. Lochside. Hosta. |
Oystercatcher. Our neighbour at Lochside. |
Corn Bunting.. Aird an Runair. Uist. |
Corn Bunting. Aird an Runair. Uist. |
Arctic Terns. Aird an Runair. Uist. |
Dunlin. Aird an Runair. Uist. |
Twite , Aird an Runair. Uist. |
Corncrake. Balranald. |
Short-eared Owl. Solas road. North Uist. |
Short-eared Owl. Solas road. North Uist. |
Short-eared Owl. Solas road. North Uist. |
Common Snipe. In damp conditions waders love to sit on posts. |
Eurasian Cuckoo. Near Strom. |
Otter. Bagh a Chaise. |
Otter. She settled down to groom as we watched. |
This was the best Otter encounter we have had for some time. |
She was aware of us watching but as fairly relaxed. |
It was such a delight to get this close (10 yards?), |
It was also accidental. I was out of the car looking for a cuckoo. |
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Final stare. |
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Glaucous Gull. Rubha Arnal. |
Lapwing. Lochside. |
Common Buzzard, Langass woodlands. |
Another Ruff. This time a Foxy red one. Loch Mor. |
Merlin. Cuinabunag. Benbecula. |
Arctic Tern. Port Scalpaig. |
Arctic Tern. Port Scalpaig. |
Widgeon. Lochan with no name. Nr. Gearaidth. |
Common Seal. Ruisgarry. Berneray. |
Short-eared Owl hunting. St. Kilda viewpoint. |
Red-necked Phalaropes. Note size of Redshank alongside. |
Red-necked Phalarope. Female. |
Red-necked Phalarope. Female. |
Mating too. |
I never guessed they mated while swimming. |
Red-necked Phalarope. Female. |
Red-necked Phalarope. male. Duller as he does the sitting.. |
Common Buzzard. Nr Glenmorvern cottage. |
Scottish Wildcat. 95% pure. Near Drimnin. |
All the field marks are there. Face stripes, black spine, no spots. |
Otter. Mull. Good views spoiled by idiots chasng it. |
Lodge Cottage. Drimnin. Our home. |
Willow Warbler. Rahoy Hills. Black Glen. |
Drimnin Harbour. |
Robin. Black Glen car park. |
Greater-spotted Woodpecker chick. Black Glen. |
Common Sandpiper. Drimnin. |
Long horn Beetle. Monochamus (Sawyer) |
A lovely old bridge in Glen Roy. |
Common Scoter. Loch Garry. |
Dipper. Glen Garry. |
A Pine Marten comes to tea. Glen Loy Lodge. |
Pine Marten. They came nightly for their Peanut butter. |
Common Tern. Sgeirean Shallachain. |
Greenshank. Loch Sunart. |
Oystercatcher chicks. Laudale. |
Loch Sunart. |
Birder's rest. Laudale. |
Small Pearlbordered Fritillary. Laudale. |
Golden-ringed Dragonfly. Loch Arianus. |
Chequered Skipper. Loch Arianus. |
Chequered Skipper. Loch Arianus. |
Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly. Loch Arianus. (female) |
Mating pair - Golden-ringed Dragonfly. Loch Arianus. |
Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly. Male. Loch Arianus. |
Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly. Loch Arianus. |
Last years male Pine Marten. Glen Loy Lodge. |
Red Squirrel. Glen Loy Lodge. (Untroubled by Pine Martens). |
Black-throated Divers. Loch Eilt. |
Common Seals with Pup. Arisaig. |
Galmisdale, Eig. with an Sgurr in the distance. |
Waterfall. Eig. |
Eider with ducklings. Kinloch, Rum. |
Friendly Stag. Kinloch, Rum. |
He gives Elizabeth a surprised stare. |
Pine Marten kit. Glenloy Lodge. |
Last years kit. |
Last years Kit. |
Mother to them all. |
Male checking out the dead tree for peanuts. |
Greater-spotted Woodpecker. Glen Loy Lodge. |
Fragrant Orchid. Glen Loy. |
Slow worms. Glen Loy. |
Red-necked Footman. Glen Loy |
Common Blue. Glen Loy. |
Small Round-leaved Sundew. Eats Midges. |
Small Pearlbordered Fritillary. Glen Loy. |
Osprey and chick. Bunarkaig. |
Eas chia Aig. Waterfalls. |
Red Squirrel reclaims his peanuts. Glen Loy Lodge. |
Spotted Flycatcher. Loch Morlich. |
Spotted Flycatcher. Nestlings. Loch Morlich. |
Cairngorm Summit. The weather station. |
Snow Bunting. Actually on Cairngorm weather station. |
Worth the climb to see these. |
Male Snow Bunting in breeding plumage. Cairngorm. |
Ptarmigan. Cairngorm. |
Weary walkers return to base camp. |
Roebuck. Strone. |
Red Squirrel. Inchree. |
Red Squirrel. Inchree. |
Grey Heron. Ballachulish Quarry. |
Oystercatcher chick. Cuil Bay. |
Oystercatcher chick. Cuil Bay. Too cute. |
Loch Linnhe with Castle Stalker mid ground and Morvern behind. |
Early Spotted Orchid. Appin. |
Ragged Robin. Appin. |
Pied Wagtail. Jubilee Bridge. Appin. |
Red-breasted Merganser family. Jubilee Bridge. Loch Laich. |
She was coming down tide and ignored us. |
Really good views of this normally shy bird. |
Looking over the Sound of Shuna to Castle Stalker. |
Loch Ken from our bedroom. Airds Farmhouse, Crossmichael. |
Yellowhammer. Mersehead RSPB. |
Greenfnch. Mersehead RSPB. |
Reed Bunting. Mersehead. |
Bullfinch. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Marsh Tit. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Bullfinch. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Nuthatch. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Black-tailed Godwit. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Black-tailed Godwits. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Little Egret. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Avocet. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Avocet and chicks. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Avocet and chicks. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
Sheldduck. Leighton Moss RSPB. |
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