A grim day on Barra, with 45mph south easterly winds and at times
heavy, soaking drizzle. You only had to be outside for 30 seconds and you were
soaked.
However there were drier spells and on one such occasion we found
ourselves at Creachan woods where we were reasonably well sheltered from the wind, allowing us to have quite a pleasant walk for 90 minutes or so
before the rain set in again.
Treecreepers are just about annual on Barra so it was pleasing to be able to add one to our trip list today. Apparently this bird turned up in September but where it originates from is uncertain, it could be a migrant from Europe or perhaps it's a dispersing bird from the Scottish mainland.
Two yellow-browed warblers have been in the wood for a few days and showed
well today. They were quite vocal which always helps to locate them, in fact it's pretty much essential.
Spot the yellow-browed.....now try photographing it.
These tiny birds are barely the size of a goldcrest and they flit through the trees losing themselves behind branches and leaves. Incredible to think where this bird has travelled from. Yellow-browed warbler breeds no closer than Siberia and it's range extends east into China. It's travelled thousands of miles to be here
With a wingspan of 2.4m, white-tailed
eagle is at completely the opposite end of the spectrum to yellow-browed
warbler, both in terms of size and distance travelled. Although immature eagles may roam around Scotland before settling on a territory, these birds will travel nothing like the distances of the warblers.
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