12th May 2024

Today the sea was rougher than previous days. Our Great Northern Diver as nowhere to be seen. Rain was forecast for late afternoon, so we set off for a morning and early afternoon walk into the interior, where we were surrounded by peaks, some of which were over 300 meters high.  The Irish lad, staying at the campsite said he had seen Eagle flying there.  This was supposed to be an area for Eagles.  We walked into the hills but saw no Eagles. Instead, I photographed a bird at the other end of the size scale, a Eurasian Wren (Hebridean), building a nest in the bank.

Lapwings appeared to follow us around squawking.

After enough walking we turned around and headed back to home, to watch the waves crash into the rocks out to sea. Not much wind, but plenty of surf.

Birds Photographed

• Stonechat
• Lapwing
• Northern Wheatear,
• Eurasian Wren (Hebridean)
• Twite