Flexible.

Another day of being flexible to try to get the best of the wildlife. We started the day with good views of Redshank, Lapwing and a female Hen Harrier. We then headed for a Golden Eagle site which paid off fairly quickly with two birds circling in the distance. After a short wait the birds started to head towards us and gave us an awesome display as the first bird sailed overhead...

...and the second bird came even closer and circled over us - awesome!!

Go on then, one more shot.

You would think that would be it for the day but we had close views of Red deer, Whinchat, a nice encounter with an Adder and then we picked up 3 Otters just as they were leaving the holt! We had to give them some space before we were able to get in a position to get out of the vehicle and view them fishing.

We got some stunning views of Common Sandpiper in a few locations...

...the Golden Plover put in another appearance...

...and we got superb views of the WT Eagle coming back to the nest. A RT Diver gave us a bit of a challenge as it kept is distance but we got it in the end. As I arrived back to base a Common Crossbill was shouting from the treetops.