Tuesday, December 29, 2015
A golden eagle flew over the road south-east of Ledmore Junction, and alighted on the hillside.
This was the closest I've been to a golden eagle on the ground, although it was further away than the severely cropped photos suggest.
We drove to Oykel Bridge, taking a walk along a track that skirts the clearfell area beyond the bridge. This might be a good area for tree pipits in spring; but today we could only manage blue tits and great tits.
On the drive back, stonechats were seen on fence posts in several places. I took a walk at Craggie, where a pair of ravens flew over calling, and a kestrel and two buzzards were up hunting. As we prepared to drive away, a peregrine was spotted flying purposefully westwards above the moorland until it was lost to sight behind Meall an Fhuarain. A good day for raptors.
// posted by Christine @ 3:10 PM 
