Learning about the Mysteries of the Moor, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a woman studying an info board above a moor
Learning about the Mysteries of the Moor, Isle of Islay

My sister Imke studying an info board at the Moorland Walk RSPB Loch Gruinart during an Islay visit in June 2013.

Thousands of Barnacle Geese lifting off at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Animated picture of thousands of Barnacle Geese lifting off from a nature reserve on Islay, Scotland
Thousands of Barnacle Geese lifting off at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

Always an amazing sight, the thousands of Barnacle Geese wintering on Islay lifting off after having been spooked by something, may be a raptor, may be a human getting too close, anything.

Reed Bunting hiding in high grass at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Reed Bunting hiding in high grass
Reed Bunting hiding in high grass at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

Spotted from the old/south hide at Gruinart, a male Reed Bunting trying to hide in the long grass.