Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Two bramblings have been visiting the garden today.
Four stonechats were seen, one pair and two single birds.
A female merlin flew across the road in front of the car, disappearing behind buildings and away across the bleak moors. At Achnahaird I spent ages taking 165 pictures of two distant "eagles" - only to be forced to admit, as they came closer, that they were, in fact, buzzards.
But there was no mistaking the huge, short-tailed raptor flying swiftly towards Ben Mor Coigach.
Greger was looking through the bins and he confirmed a white tail, so this was an adult sea eagle and probably one of the pair that raised two chicks somewhere in the area this summer - a thrilling event widely known and written about, so I think I can mention it.