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Scotland. Highlands and Islands 2021Our 'usual' tour through western Scotland |
 Our route. Up via Mull and on to Uist and returning via Speyside. |
 Our cabin at Ben More Lodge. |
 Side bed (shelf) |
 Lodge Grounds showing cabins. |
 Common Stonechat. Juv. |
 Header photo from Torrans. Mull. |
 Looking up Loch from our Cottage at Pennyghael. |
 One of our neighbours. |
 White-tailed Eagle on the loch. |
 Short-eared Owl. Pennyghael. |
 Golden Eagle at nest. Location withheld. |
 Common Buzzard. |
 Fingals Cave on Staffa. |
 We took a day trip over to Treshnish Isles to visit the seabirds on Lunga. |
 Atlantic Puffin. |
 Puffin watchers. |
 Puffin and Razorbills. |
 They don't compete for nests. Puffins use burrows. |
 Otters. Loch na Keale, Mull. |
 Common Terns, Loch Sunart. |
 Our next stay was Stag cottage in Pollock. |
 Ample space in the gardens for wildlife and birds. |
 Roomy Lounge. |
 Large bed. |
 Kitchen and Dining table. |
 No need for TV. Use the lounge window. |
 Watching me watching them |
 I had rigged up my trail camera in the garden. |
 Pine Martens come to play and dine. |
 Selfie? |
 Great Spotted Woodpecker too. |
 There were about a dozen Martens including mum and twins. |
 These are the twins. |
 Twins for the next couple of shots. |
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 Another selfie pose. |
 Domino so called for her two spots. |
 GreaterSpotted Woodpecker. Juv. |
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 Field Vole also fed on the leftovers. |
 The Martens even liked my car. |
 We are now on North Uist. Short-eared Owls are common. |
 Whooper Swan |
 Short-eared Owl. They love to pose and I cannot resist.. |
 Common Buzzards. Juv and adult. Committee Road. |
 The adult flies off. |
 Red-breasted Merganser and brood. |
 Our cottage from St.Kilda viewpoint, Hosta. North Uist. |
 Zooming in. We often 'sundowned' up here. |
 Short-eared Owl. I said I cannot resit. |
 Linnet. |
 Common Gull. |
 Common Snipe use fence posts too. |
 Owl. |
 Snipe. |
 Nortern Wheatear. juv. |
 Red-throated Divers. |
 Red-throated Divers. |
 Arctic Tern. Berneray. |
 Evening on North Uist. |
 Red-throated Diver. |
 Rock Dove. Ancestor of the domestic Pigeon. |
 Red-throated Diver. |
 Red-throated Diver. |
 Red-throated Diver. |
 Red-necked Phalarope. |
 Red-necked Phalarope. |
 Glaucous Gull. |
 Corncrake. Balranald. |
 A target bird here. |
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 Black-throated Diver. Glen Garry. |
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 Goldeneye. female. |
 Tree Creeper. Kulbery.Speyside. |
 Goldeneye. |
 Slavonian Grebe. |
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 Osprey nest. |
 Upper Speyside. |
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