Isle of Mull part eight

 Told you there would be a lot of Blogs but don’t worry this is the penultimate and it’s White-tailed Eagle again. When I put my Blogs together, I sometimes group the images in a certain way (all one species together for example) however these images are shown in the order they were taken.

Adult birds calling to each other and probably to the juveniles in the nest.

Most of the time they were too far away for any decent images but they did on occasions, come close. 

The previous two images are of the Eagle going on what turned out to be a hunting trip as not long after it flew off it came back carrying what looks like a gosling.

The local Buzzard did not like the Eagles flying over its territory and every time they came close the Buzzard would try and chase them off. The Eagles of course did not take a blind bit of notice and did it regularly. This is one of those encounters.

After these encounters the Eagles would fly back to their favourite tree and just sit.

We were parked not far from Loch Don waiting for a Hen Harrier to put in an appearance when this Eagle landed nearby. A second flew over coming from the same direction as the first. Loch Don is not far from where we were staying, I wondered at the time could these be the same Eagles that we could see from the cottage.

One of the adults was sitting in its tree sunning itself when this happened

A juvenile, the first time I had seen one, flew in to take over the adults favourite branch.

 It just sat there surveying the world around it.

However, the adult had flown off to hunt. It came back with another gosling.

Friday and our penultimate day on Mull and one of the Eagles decided to fly right over my head. It’s as if it knew that we were leaving and decided to put on one last show and I’m pleased it did.

Isle of Mull part four

 07.07.22 A holiday on Mull would not be complete without a trip with Mull Charters on the Lady Jayne to photograph the White-tailed Eagles. The weather and light could have been a bit kinder but it was still a great trip.

Isle of Mull part three

 04.07.22 Mull isn’t only about the big birds and mammals (although that’s why we went there) it’s also about the smaller birds, of which there were plenty however there are some larger birds in this Blog too. Unfortunately, my wife wasn’t feeling very well on this day so I stayed around the cottage. All of these images are taken from around there. The day started with drizzle but ended warm and dry and despite not going anywhere I had an enjoyable day which is more than can be said for my wife.  

Redpoll in the drizzle.

Pied Wagtail with loads of insects and if you look closely one of them is trying to escape.

It did.

Spotted Flycatcher one of two.

The second one.

Willow Warbler.

This one seems to have something wrong with its eye.

Sedge Warbler with bait.

Nearly every time it had finished feeding its chicks it flew onto the Foxglove.

Juvenile Greenfinch, I haven’t seen a Greenfinch for ages.

Juvenile Stonechat.

A second juvenile Stonechat.

Juvenile Linnet.

Male Linnet.

Juvenile Robin begging for food.

Meadow Pipit.

Blackbird with bait.

Male Siskin foraging for seeds.

Kestrel with what looks like a plump Vole.

It landed on the post to eat it. Unfortunately for me the heat haze has spoilt the image somewhat.

The same Kestrel also caught what looks like a Lizard.

The White-tailed Eagle took of from its tree. I didn’t know at the time but it was going fishing.

As it came back with what looks like a flat fish of some kind. If you look closely you will see the ring number 63 on it leg.

I nearly missed this male Hen Harrier as I was taking pictures of the Sedge Warbler sitting on the Foxglove at the time and just caught it out the corner of my eye.