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| Dunlin |
After I had retired to bed (early again) on Sunday night, Matt's old university friend,
Étienne arrived to stay the rest of the week with us. We decided to spend the day around the Butt of Leiwis again and then work our way back down the west coast. As the wind was not in the right direction, we decided to walk the Butt instead of sea watching and managed to find a couple of very tame Dunlin and a Snow Bunting.
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Golden Eagle |
A quick look round nearby gave us Snipe, Golden Plover, Curlew and Lapwing but not much else, so we left Tony Marr to his Seawatching and made our way down to Port Arnol which has sandy beaches with good potential for waders. Indeed, one of the beaches proved to be very good and we managed good views of Dunlin, Sanderling, Ringed Plover and a Bar Tailed Godwit. As Étienne is a coffee addict, we decided to Lunch at Morven Gallery which does the best coffee and cake. The coffee fix set us up for the rest of the birding day with the highlight being amazing views of two hunting Golden Eagle near Dail Beag.
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| Golden Eagle |
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| Golden Eagle |
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