Saturday, August 05, 2017
The sea eagle was spotted from the road high above Loch Ewe, and Greger kindly stopped the car for a few minutes for me to grab a couple of pictures. It was so close, he also had good views - even without bins.
On our last hill-walk, we had seen two possible eagles in the distance, drifting away to the west. Research on the internet revealed that sea eagles have nested on the wooded island off Shieldaig - which fitted perfectly. Today, however, a long drive round Glen Carron and Torridon - encircling our hill and with a prolonged (ice-cream eating) stop opposite Shieldaig Island - brought nothing; so this sighting on the way home was compensation.
Today's eagle doesn't show missing flight or tail feathers corresponding with either of the pair we saw above Inverewe six days ago; so unless the feathers can grow back in that time, this individual was a different bird.
// posted by Christine @ 12:35 PM 
