We were returning to Gairloch after visiting Applecross and spotted an adult white-tailed eagle flying over the road and away over a hillside. After a short distance we came to a small layby overlooking a sea loch with a wooded island. We agreed that it looked like a likely place for a white-tailed eagle to nest so we unloaded the scopes and folding chairs from the boot and settled down to wait. After about an hour the adult returned and appeared to land on the far side of the island.
We threw the birding gear into the car and drove round to a point where we could view the other side of the island. Sure enough, there it was, an eagle sitting in a tree and even better, above it was the nest. We couldn't see into the nest and there were no obvious birds on or in the nest, but we did see a wing stretch on one occasion, so very happy with that!
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