Castlebay

The wren on the Outer Hebrides is considered a subspecies hebridensis.

Despite how it looks on this photo, we had to abandon camping for a couple of nights due to an approaching storm and we moved into a cabin to sit it out. This photo was taken in the aftermath of the storm.

A couple of white-tailed eagles flew over and a very pale 1st summer male hen harrier hunted the hillside. Black guillemots seemed to be nesting in the castle walls.

 

Common gulls are very common on Barra and are like a different species to those I see in winter at Pennington Flash.