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No excuses - just blurred. The weather is just fabulous up here and maybe the photos just show a touch of the heat haze! I managed to see 4 Otters before I had any guests on board and then couldn't find any of them 10 minutes later - ho hum! The heat was keeping things quiet but we got both of the adult WT Eagles in flight...

...before we hit lucky with a sighting of three Otters. They were out in choppy water and difficult to see but we waited around and finally got them on the shore close to us.

A splendid Red Deer stag was seen...

...as we viewed the Common Seal colony, a few Common Terns are nesting out there too. Reasonable views of the Adder again and superb views of the Whinchat.

It was nice to see a few juvenile Northern Wheatear doing the rounds without their parents...

...and just to show how hot it was even the Hoodies were panting.

We paid a visit to a Golden Eagle site and had one of the adults flying around just as we arrived. Plenty of other stuff was seen but the Grey Herons were taking most of the acclaim just by being present in numbers! I did snap one the next day preening itself.

Taking a dive.

The weather wasn't too bad for this tour but we did see some rain in the middle of the day. We had a fruitless search for Otter but the WT Eagle sighting made up for that!

Another check for the Otters was more productive as we found two of them just as the weather was closing in. I caught this one just as it was taking a dive.

We managed to get the Golden Eagle chick on the nest despite the low cloud but there was no sign of the adult birds. A close Common Seal was nice to see before we viewed the main colony.

Tree Pipit and Whinchat were seen well but the Adder put on the best performance.

We didn't have any luck with Mountain Hare but there were plenty of Redshank and Lapwing flying about.

The RB Merganser family were on display with the mother having a good wash before shaking the excess water off...

...while the youngsters practiced their diving skills.

Stretch.

A bit of a plug to start with. Anyone who didn't catch up with Hebrides: Islands on the Edge get yourself settled in front of the TV on Thursday, BBC2 9pm - just awesome.
We started this tour with a good sighting of an Otter within 15 minutes of setting off. When the Otter moved out of sight we had to move on as I could hear Otter calls nearby - better to move and try again later rather than disturb them. An Oystercatcher was first in the frame of the camera as it stretched below the surface for an open mussel.

A superb sighting of an adult WT Eagle perched in a tall conifer came next...

...while a Common Sandpiper foraged on the grass next to us.

Not too long after that we had some splendid views of Golden Eagle flying over the ridge.

We found a Snipe on a telegraph pole, another two Golden Eagle and a male Hen Harrier before checking out the Adder and Whinchats.

The afternoon was pleasant enough with a wander on the beach, a few Wheatear and plenty of Rock Pipit - another one having a stretch!

The Tufted Duck were still on the small loch as we drove past on our way to see Mountain Hare. A few Rock Dove were strutting their stuff in a field as we headed back.

Our last sighting of the day was a Red deer stag munching on the grass. There is a Common Sandpiper that comes off it's nest every time anything goes past it - I wonder if these eggs will hatch at all.