A challenging day on South Uist with strong winds, occasional very heavy
down pours and birds not playing ball, but compensated by beautiful scenery
and a great view of an otter running across the beach.
The birding was actually pretty good, with good numbers of waders including
a few curlew sandpipers and three species of diver from the ferry back to
Barra.
We keep being told that the current weather charts look good for Barra over
the next week or so, but time will tell.
This great northern diver was one of two which flew past the ferry in the
Sound of Barra, where there were also black-throated and red-throated divers
and black guillemot.
Otter tracks.
This skein of pink-footed geese came in off the sea and headed south east.
Vorran Island where in 1984 I saw a breeding plumage drake Steller's eider.
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