Two Choughs on a phone pole at Ardnave, Isle of Islay

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Picture of two Choughs on a phone pole
Two Choughs on a phone pole at Ardnave, Isle of Islay

Two of the famous Choughs on Islay, these I spotted on a phone pole at Ardnave, one of their main spots on Islay.

Watching the Moon from the Islay ferry

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Picture of the Moon in the night sky over the stern of a Calmac ferry
Watching the Moon from the Islay ferry

An October crossing on the MV Hebridean Isles to Islay. Looking back towards Argyll and Kennacraig we can admire the bright Moon up in the sky above a bank of clouds.

Young Swan in the Gruinart evening light, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a juvenile Swan swimming along in some low mild evening sunlight
Young Swan in the Gruinart evening light, Isle of Islay

A beautiful October evening on Islay at Gruinart, a juvenile Swan swimming along just outside the old south hide.