Sunday, January 02, 2022
I was wrong about the brambling; at least two are still present in Ullapool. I spotted them alighting on the top of the ash tree behind our bungalow - but wherever they went from there it wasn't into our garden, as I kept scanning it for most of this rainy afternoon.
Looking out at about 2.30pm I noticed a large dark shape cruising south over the village, and ran outside to grab a couple of pics of an immature white-tailed sea eagle.
A bit later, a sparrowhawk zoomed past low and then up into a tree several gardens away. It sat there for several minutes, but there were too many intervening twigs to get a clear shot. I had been meaning to go out birding somewhere today, but decided to stay at home. Sometimes, this turns out to be the right choice.
// posted by Christine @ 7:31 AM 
