Tuesday, December 20, 2016


Two bramblings have been visiting the garden today.


We called off a planned walk because of extremely strong winds and rain. Yesterday we did the same, but took a drive instead out into the Coigach area. Two whooper swans were dwarfed by distance and the sheer scale of loch- and landscape.



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.

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