This Buzzard my sister and I spotted walking along the Sound of Islay to Rhuvaal looked rather scruffy. Quite a few feathers missing in the tail as well as the wings. As far as we could tell it didn’t seem to be hindered by it though, at least not in normal flight.
A view across the Sound of Islay from the Isle of Jura, the Calmac ferry Hebridean Isles passing on her weekly Wednesday journey to Colonsay. Colonsay visible in the distance behind Rhuvaal lighthouse.
A slightly different view of Rhuvaal lighthouse on the northern end of the Sound of Islay. Scaffolding had been erected during some maintenance work a few years ago. Picture taken from the ferry to Colonsay.