Sea, Skye and moors....

Just back from a wonderful week in the Highlands, with a visit to Skye as well!!  Great company, food and birds.  Highlight for me was a boat trip from Portree and a Caper before breakfast (yes I do get up early sometimes!!). 

 Capercaille, Red Grouse in flight and Black at the lek.....

 

Crested Tit at Lock Garten

Great Northern Diver and Otter

 

a Cormorant called Charlie who knew where the fish were

 Black Guillemot

 



 White-tailed eagle from the boat

White Wagtail and Snow Bunting

 

 

early morning Roe Deer from bedroom window

 

Red Grouse walking

 

 

Brown Hare

 

Rock Pipit

 

Dunlin

 Osprey at lunch

 

 

Iceland Gull in the rain

 

 

Parrot (Scottish?) Crossbill and Whimbrel

 

the week just gone

Been a good week for the garden breakfast list - Blackcap, Brambling and Siskin all before 7am!!!

 
Today I managed a walk round South Landing, a wonderful obliging (well almost) Long-tailed tit; a Great Spotted Woodpecker that flew to fast to photograph (well thats my excuse!!).

 

After flight and a scratch - finally a pose

 

the squirrel was hungry eyeing up the feeding station

 

 

 

and to finish a touch of Spring

At Bempton RSPB today

A good afternoon at Bempton today, Puffins a little hard to find but there were some there, Guillemots and Razorbills, preening, checkin gout the distance to the sea below - and the Peregrine was causing chaos around New Roll-Up viewpoint.  A final reward on the walk back a Barn Owl hunting close to the box near the centre. 

And finally - a posing Blue Tit

Easter 2013

Managed to evade the snow drifts and cope with the camera......  (eventually!)

 

 

 

different

Two (short) walks this weekend - on Saturday took a pheasant for a walk around the Headland - must have been hand-reared and thought I was taking it to food....

 

 

Sunday - went on a YWT walk to show the work that has been done around North Landing and Thornwick - and quite a lot there was to see including some of the local wildlife helping out by keeping the vegetation low...

 

and to finish - a Dunnock posing....