12th April 2023: Day four of the Scotland trip
Photos I took last Wednesday in this set are of: 1. The colourful Tobermory, a charming and memorable place to visit before leaving Mull. 2. Dazzling Black Guillemot at Fishnish just before getting the ferry back to the mainland. 3. Goosander on Loch Eil when we got back to the mainland, a key bird of the trip and very key bird of that day on Mull and the mainland. 4. One of two Ospreys we got stunning views of when back on the mainland, an amazing way to see this long time top favourite bird of mine for the first time in 2023. A revelation of the whole trip the Scottish Ospreys creating some of my best ever memories with them. 5. Otter at Dervaig back on Mull before leaving a pair seen well in the rain, we saw one before boarding the ferry at Fishnish too to really fill our boots of utterly amazing Otter sightings last week. 6. A Black Guillemot seen very well on Loch Eil, birds I love. 7, 8 and 9. Views at Loch Eil, the increased snow on the mountains following heavy precipitation after we came back from Mull was beautiful and mystical to see. 10. The stunning female Ring-necked Duck on Milton Loch which it was a huge bonus to see the first female one I’ve seen. One of my birds of the year, what a species.
Other highlights that day were Golden Plover and Greenshank on Loch Eil, Common Seal there and Red-throated Diver and Shelduck flying over there, Kittiwake a juvenile seen I believe we only saw that one that day and Common Gull seen well it was interesting to see these fairly similar birds on the same day a lot last week which we don’t usually and amazing views of Harbour Porpoise at Tobermory and on Loch Eil I always feel very thrilled to see them.
