I had good views of an Adult on the hillside as I was driving down to Portree to collect today's guests. But 10 minutes out of Portree we had our first as a group with another adult being mobbed by Greater Black-backed Gulls.
Then a short while later two young birds being escorted out of the area by the resident Golden Eagle. These two were joined by two further young Sea Eagles, then blow me if another two didn't come off the horizon to join them - six in the sky together!
At our lunch stop we watched Sea Eagle number 8 taking a fish back towards it's nest site. He kindly returned, briefly stooping at the water's surface before heading into the trees by the sound. A bit of searching located him sat in a tree where we managed to get the telescope on him.
A high soaring bird brought the Tour's Sea Eagle total to a magnificent 9 for the day. I got a personal total of 11 as I had another youngster cruising the hill behind my house as I unloaded the minibus. . . . Skye really is "Sea Eagle Island".
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