Regular visitors to this blog might recognise the post seen from the old hide at RSPB Loch Gruinart, it’s the same a Snipe sat on previously (1, 2). This time a Pied Wagtail landed on it, although it didn’t stay around for long. After less than a minute it was getting ready to fly off again, here starting to stretch its wings.
Even on a grey and overcast day it’s an impressive and beautiful sight: Bàgh an Dà Dhoruis in the far north of Islay, reached on foot after a long walk through tough terrain. This is the group from the Islay walking week arriving in April 2017.
A view from the highest hill on the Oa in the south of Islay, Beinn Mhòr (202m). The Mull of Oa with the American Monument in the centre. In the distance on the right the southern tip of the Rhinns of Islay.