Mull Part 4

Buzzards, or as the locals like to call them “Tourist Eagles”, were sitting on posts everywhere. We had one coming into the garden of our second cottage nearly every day however; it would fly off if I tried to get close. Hen Harriers were a different matter I only saw two Ringtails during our stay but I spoke to people who had close encounters with both Male & Ringtails, luck of the draw I suppose. Hooded Crows like the Buzzards were also everywhere.

Buzzard visiting the garden of our cottage

That’s what it thought of me when I tried to get to close

Sitting on a post in a field

On a post by the roadside

Another just flying

We had one hot day during the first week of our holiday and this just happened to coincide with my first sighting of a Hen Harrier. Guess what, the heat haze has ruined the image.

Young Hooded Crow

One of the parent birds

This Hooded Crow was on the harbour wall in Tobermory