As you can see the internet is now fixed so the pictures have been added - what a difference they make too! The good sightings have continued over the last few days as has the good weather. The Rally was on over the weekend so I didn't do any tours on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. On Sunday morning we had a Yellowhammer in the garden but it soon left as a female Hen Harrier flew over.
Monday's tour was blessed with clear blue skies and lots of birds. There was a decent arrival of Redwing and Golden Plover. We started the day with a Northern Wheatear that we picked up while watching a Common Buzzard. A good flock of 70 Golden Plover were feeding in the distance. 30 Redwing gave us the run around as they fed in roadside bushes but moved along as we approached but a single Stonechat was more obliging. The wind had dropped so the sea was flat calm and this gave us a bonus of a few Bottle-nosed Dolphin. We had some cracking views of Golden Eagle at lunchtime...
...and some equally stunning views of Kestrel and Sparrowhawk later in the day. With no wind to encourage the big birds to fly we were struggling to find WT Eagle and there was no sign of any Otter either. When I finally found an Otter it was a very distant view so we moved to a closer spot to try to improve the view. It didn't work as we couldn't relocate it but we did find two WT Eagle sitting on the rocks! As we headed back along the way we were very lucky to pick up two Otters asleep on a small seaweed covered rock - stunning views...
...and a good end to the day.
Tuesday was another flat calm day with clear blue skies when the mist clearedand the deer had wandered back into the woods.
I picked up my first Fieldfare of the Autumn at the shop before heading off for the tour. With the guests on board we headed off to see what the day had to offer. It was a bit of a slow start with an Otter missed by five minutes and only a Guillemot...
...and a Red-throated Diver to show for our efforts. We eventually connected with two Otters after an hour long search. Both the Otters were feeding well and it took about half an hour of waiting before one of them came to shore - brilliant. A good show of Golden Plover, Redshank and Curlew kept the interest going before we had a chance find of a female Hen Harrier while watching a few Redwing and Mistle Thrush. A Golden Eagle gave a good display while we had lunch. Just after lunch we found two WT Eagle in a regular spot and as I went for the camera they both flew off and out of sight! Three Pale-bellied Brent Geese...
...were a good find along with a single Mountain Hare.
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