Tag Archives: Gruinart

Shoveler at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Shoveler duckA female Shoveler duck seen from the RSPB Loch Gruinart hide on Islay.

Wren on a branch at Gruinart, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Wren sitting on a branchAdmittedly not a rare bird, but due to its rather small size I find fairly tricky to capture well on picture. This one I managed to catch on a branch just outside the RSPB Gruinart bird hide in June 2015.

Sedge Warbler bringing food, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a Sedge Warbler sitting on a branch, an insect in its beakOne of a pair of Sedge Warblers nesting just outside the RSPB hide at Gruinart. They returned regularly with some freshly caught insects to feed their young hidden in the nest in the undergrowth.