Scotland 2015

A trip around the Hebrides by car and Ferry.



Lochside, Hosta, North Uist.

Our bed.

The cosy lounge.

Swallows on the balcony.

Birds on the bootrack.

Two Swallows must make it Summer.

Short-eared Owl.

Another S.E Owl.

Curlew.

Greylag Goose.

Rock Dove.

Skylark.

Otter from our window.

Good to see this elusive beast.

Sanderling.

Dunlin

Common Snipe.

Lapwing Chick.

Redshank.

Lapwing.

Gladys at sea.

Corncrake 1

By the old school.

Oystercatcher with chicks.

Deer leap.

Like counting sheep only bigger.

Male Hen Harrier.

Nest is nearby.

Wheatear.

Whooper Swan.

Red-breasted Merganser.

Heron.

From up there you can see St.Kilda.

Corncrake 2. Balranald Centre.

Good to see them.

Red Deer.

Short-eared Owl.

Same one.

And again.

Hen Harrier.

Snipe on a post.

Corncrake 3. Balranald. Corncrake Corner.

In the Flag Iris beds.

Hen Harrier mobbing Buzzards.

She drove them off.

Turnstone.

Common Seals. Berneray.

Corncrake 4

The best views of the trip.

New site.

Creeping along.

Pause to check location.

Move along.

Rainbow at Lochside Cottage.

Same place.

Golden Eagle from Lochside.

Red-breasted Merganser. Lochside.

Oystercatcher nest., Lochside.

Common Gull.

Shoveller. Male.

Another view.

Dunlin on post.

Whooper Swan.

Dunlin displaying.

Short-eared Owl.

and again.

Looking over to Eilean Shona.

Tioram Castle.

Arriving on Eilean Shona.

The track to our cottage.

Welcome to Red Cottage.

Cosy Lounge.

View from Lounge window.

Nice whatever the weather.

Just the weather for staying in.

Great Tit comes for the Marten's food.

Buzzard

Pine Marten through the window.

They came most evenings.

Raven seeking shelter.

A Stag comes to eat teh Daffodils.

Roars for more!

The Camera Trap sees the night activity.

We had visitors most evenings.

Even before dark on occasion.

Close up of a lovely animal.

Beautiful table manners.

Lovely creatures.

The Stag checks the leftovers.

Early Visitor.

Our next home. The Lodge, Drimnin.

The Lounge.

Common Frog.

Moss covered Forest.

Whinchat

Our garden with shed, laundry.

A view over the sound to Tobermorey.

View to Ardnamurchan.

Header picture.

A long view of Sea Eagle.

Our Ferry to Tobermorrey.

Tobermorey Waterfront.

Lenny the Llama.

Female Roe Deer in the grounds.

Sound of Mull.

A surprise visitor.

She seeks shade.

Lies under my seat.

I never thought I would get that close.

She seeks shade under our car.

What a lovely animal.