Before the next storm

With another storm approaching rapidly from the west we only had a very small window of opportunity to get outside today, from sunrise at 7:30 to 10:00. After that the wind strengthened to around 55mph and the rain became very heavy.

However we had a productive two and a half hours in the Eoligarry area, with five species of raptor, including male hen harrier, adult peregrine and a hunting merlin. From the jetty there were a few gannets and four great northern divers flew west through the Sound of Barra.

Eoligarry church.

The Sound of Barra.

The storm we are currently experiencing, which looks very similar to that which passed through on Friday. The former seemingly produced nothing in the way of new arrivals, or at least nothing was found, so lets hope that this version is an improvement.