A busy 7 days that started with a bit of a disappointing day that I had a number of titles for: "Going Cuckoo", "Rabbit out the hat", or "A bad day at the office". I should point out that the disappointing day included 1 Golden Eagle, 2 Sea Eagles, a school of Harbour Porpoise, Minke Whale, Eider with chicks, and countless Cuckoos seen flying and perched. . . . and the "rabbit out the hat" - a pod of Common Dolphin, very active in the loch. But our main aim of Golden Eagle that day was a distant speck, hence the slight disappointment to our safari.
The subsequent Tours last week amassed a total of 7 more Golden Eagle sightings that were much much better, culminating today with fantastic views of a bird for nearly half an hour as it cruised the ridge, obligingly stopping to perch and pose for the telescope 5 times.
My personal highlight of the week was also today - a Hooded Crow killing and decapitating a rabbit before flying off with the rabbit's head in it's beak, no doubt to feed some hungry youngsters. . . . I appreciate not everyones idea of a great wildlife sighting, but fascinating . . .
. . . . OK maybe it's just me !!
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