Corncrake, Great Skua, Black Guillemot and Ringed Plover on Pabbay, south of Barra in the Scottish Outer Hebrides in May this year. On a climbing trip not a birding trip but probably the most productive bird events I've had since my first visit to Leighton Moss a couple of years ago. Also the first time I'd heard Snipe roding at dusk.
The Corncrakes were so noisy and numerous that one of our party joked about throwing his boots at them just to get to sleep. Just took my bins out one afternoon off from rock-climbing not expecting to see the crake and after five minutes the cheeky fella strolled right across my field of view not to be seen again.
The Corncrakes were so noisy and numerous that one of our party joked about throwing his boots at them just to get to sleep. Just took my bins out one afternoon off from rock-climbing not expecting to see the crake and after five minutes the cheeky fella strolled right across my field of view not to be seen again.