Christine's walking & birds blog

Glancing through the office window mid-morning, I spotted a dark shape rising above Ullapool Hill - and rushed outside, grabbing the camera on the way. The bird moved off to the south, heading into the sunlit part of the sky and remaining more or less a silhouette. However, there's enough in my poor pictures to identify it as a white-tailed sea eagle.

I can't tell though if it was an adult or an immature bird. Yesterday, a short walk round the village in horrendous winds brought a smart juvenile kittiwake, flying close in and dip-feeding. I don't think the ferry left Stornoway, and the early sailing today was also cancelled. There are still strong winds today but they seem to be weakening; and the good thing about them from my point of view is that they're warm winds from the south-west.