Day 4
So we arrived at Lochaline for the 07:00 ferry to Fishnish. A quick scan of the bay gave the first of many Great Northern Divers. 20 minutes later we arrived on Mull. Cost for the return journey including the car and 3 passengers came to £28.70. Pretty good value I thought.
Heading South we took the side roads to Gorsten and Grass Point. Not a huge amount to be seen to be honest so we headed down to Glen More - an area where I'd quite happily sit all day:t: Didn't take long at all to get great views of male and female Hen Harriers. Fantastic birds. Heading a little further through the Glen we pulled over again. Getting out of the car I turned to Kev and asked if he could hear the bird that I could hear. In an absolute dead pan manner Kev just nonchalantly pointed behind at the Golden Eagle flying over us, no more than 30 feet up:-O. Again, having a Raven harassing it. It landed up on the hillside and I managed a few quick grabs before it left. When we reached Loch Beg and Scridian the rains came down so we took shelter in the café there. Walking in to the café Kev picked out another male Hen Harrier over the marshes. The cakes in this café were spot on by the way.
From here it was down to Fionnphort. Scanning Loch Scridian gave a whole heap of Great Northern Divers. For anyone interested, the house right at the end is for sale. I might need to do the lottery this week
So we arrived at Lochaline for the 07:00 ferry to Fishnish. A quick scan of the bay gave the first of many Great Northern Divers. 20 minutes later we arrived on Mull. Cost for the return journey including the car and 3 passengers came to £28.70. Pretty good value I thought.
Heading South we took the side roads to Gorsten and Grass Point. Not a huge amount to be seen to be honest so we headed down to Glen More - an area where I'd quite happily sit all day:t: Didn't take long at all to get great views of male and female Hen Harriers. Fantastic birds. Heading a little further through the Glen we pulled over again. Getting out of the car I turned to Kev and asked if he could hear the bird that I could hear. In an absolute dead pan manner Kev just nonchalantly pointed behind at the Golden Eagle flying over us, no more than 30 feet up:-O. Again, having a Raven harassing it. It landed up on the hillside and I managed a few quick grabs before it left. When we reached Loch Beg and Scridian the rains came down so we took shelter in the café there. Walking in to the café Kev picked out another male Hen Harrier over the marshes. The cakes in this café were spot on by the way.
From here it was down to Fionnphort. Scanning Loch Scridian gave a whole heap of Great Northern Divers. For anyone interested, the house right at the end is for sale. I might need to do the lottery this week