They say places burn into your soul when you find a location that suits you, North Uist has burned deep into me already! The field at the side of our cottage yielded a lovely lapwing shot...
Whooper swans on a nearby lochan were well worthwhile spending a few minutes...
A female wheatear drew the eye...
The sight of a short eared owl hunting is entrancing, the last shot shows just how flat their face is...
We were heading for Stinky Bay on Benbecula, seaweed is harvested and left in smelly piles, as it degenerates it becomes useable for lots of things. For us it was simply stinky!
Soon a turnstone posed nicely:-))
Stinky Bay offers fantastic views too...
Arctic terns were on the lookout for sand eels....
Checking the sea I found a great northern diver, the largest bird of its kind that we see, the bill is very dagger like!
A lengthy perusal revealed little else and we set off home northwards, an alert from Mrs Wildlife for a heron..a favourite of mine...
Probably not the these red deer:-))
We where now on route to a location advised from 300 miles away, near home. A snowy owl had been spotted on the isle, evidently it visits often but is easily disturbed.
On the ferry we had met up with, and befriended, a group on a nature tour, our first location for the owl and they were there, scopes out and a no owl show. Research had told me, confirmed the day before by a local, that another nearby spot could be likely.
Wow, a stunning bird and the group turned up a little later and were extremely grateful for the shared knowledge. Isn't that how it should be amongst like minded and responsible people?
Sat in our comfy cottage the sky drew attention, much to my lazy discomfort..
Wednesday, otter watching with the RSPB team.......
On the way we spot red deer..
And a redshank...
The loch looked fine as we searched fruitlessly for otters, hey ho another day:-))
As we searched through the scopes and binocs we had decent views of golden and white tailed eagles, fine compensation!
We set off for a walk round our local coast, a lovely snipe appeared briefly...
A fierce wind meant pix were few but....
A pied wagtail..
A head on ringed plover as we battled through the fierce coastal wind..
The scenery up around Hougharry Bay is rather good:-))
And I get an oystercatcher auditioning for the Ministry of Silly Walks!
And finally a wheatear in the fields, super little bird.....super couple of days:-)))
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