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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Original PaulE" data-source="post: 3078377" data-attributes="member: 20992">Eagles, Eagles,EaglesWednesday September 17th Day 5Fry up a bit smaller on Lewis but very tasty and loads of toast and fruit salad saw me through! Today decided to give the Eagles another try, go to the watchpoint they said, so we did, down the B887 we went , a 2km walk, through great scenery but few birds Stonechat,  Meadow pipit and 5 Red-breasted Merganser on the Loch  the best we could muster, halfway there we met a local who said in actual fact we would need to go past by at least another 2km to have the best chance so on we went legs aching, lungs busting we found a likely spot and set up me scope,about half an hour later I picked up a small dot over the highest peak thermalling upward, Golden Eagle hurrah! Suddenly it dived down flew along the ridge towards us flipped over the other side never to be seen again poop! We gave it 15 mins then made the long trek back to the car, about halfway back I got another 20 second glimpse as an eagle popped over the ridge but that was it, an 8km walk for approx 40 seconds of Eagle action. Arriving back at the carpark having trudged back with only the sight of a Red grouse on the path to cheer us up, I sat on the wall to take me boots off and massage my aching tootsies when a movement on the ridge opposite caught my eye yep you guessed it not one but two Golden Eagles spiralling up giving great prolonged views, to make matters worse as we drove on to Huisinis another even closer Golden Eagle, this time an immature bird flew up above our heads giving even better views than the last two. Apart from a Dipper on a small river right near the road ,a flock of Twite and a Red-throated Diver close into the beach that was it bird wise for the day, thought it was going be a cake free day when Tesco in Stornoway stepped up with a custard Danish!In the evening we had a non-birding walk around Stornoway War Memorial a very peaceful and moving place.pics from Day 5 here<a href="https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=6356FB2BA7828F28&id=6356FB2BA7828F28%211147" target="_blank">https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=6356FB2BA7828F28&id=6356FB2BA7828F28!1147</a></blockquote>

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