Isle of Mull part two

 03.07.22 One of my target birds while on Mull was Hen Harrier and it was fantastic to find them on our second day on the island all be it at a bit of a distance. As I said in my earlier Blog the lane out side the cottage was a great place to find loads of wildlife.

Ringtail Hen Harrier.

If only this was sharp but as a Catherine Tate character would say “Am I bovvered” because I have never seen a Hen Harrier and a Curlew fly side by side before.

Ditto.

This juvenile was sitting on the post at some distance however I managed to get a few reasonable images.

It was great to watch this Sedge Warbler flying from Foxglove to Foxglove.

A couple of Red Deer in the field opposite the cottage.

If you have to go you have to go.

Isle of Mull part one

02.07.22 There’s probably going to be lots of parts but this is the first part on Mull. We were staying in a cottage not far from Duart Castle (it’s a great place from which to explore the island) and right across from the cottage were a pair of White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately, they were a little too far away far any decent pictures but I still took far too many. The garden and the lane outside the cottage were great for spotting all manner of birds (more of them in later Blogs).

White-tailed Eagle on top of what I soon found out was its favourite tree.

However, this Hooded Crow did not like the Eagle being there and seems to be telling it to clear off.

And it did eventually chase it off.

But it came back.

The eagle got its eye onto something.

What exactly it was I’m not sure but it looked like a cat. It didn’t get it whatever it was.

The local Buzzard.

I found out that it would hunt the fields around the cottage every day. 

Redpoll.

Stonechat.

Bait for either the Buzzard or the Eagle?

 

Black Guillemots

 01.07.22 Just got back from a fortnights holiday on the Isle of Mull and as always when we go to Mull, we stay in or around Oban the day before we sail. And as always, I take far too many shots of the Black Guillemots oh and there is a shot of one of the Pigeons as well. I’m still going through all of the images from the rest of the fortnight (some I still have to transfer onto my desk top) so it might take some time to post more Blogs.

This is one of my favourite images of the day.

I was leaning over the railings to get these shots (using a 500mm lens so the birds weren’t disturbed).

A cracking night

 29.06.22 A great night out last night with three Little Owl a Barn Owl and loads of Brown Hare.

Little Owl looking for something.

This one was happy to pose for the camera.

As was this one.

I was hidden by a wall so this Brown Hare came quite close.

This Barn Owl landed on the post right in front of me unfortunately I had all the wrong settings on the camera at the time.

It was always distant while it was hunting.