Day 1 of a 3 week stay on Barra and we started with a Yank, the Swainson's
thrush that was found yesterday was still present and showed well briefly but
was generally very elusive. It's the fourth Swainson's ever on Barra and
incredibly we've seen three of them! It was a great start, but now we need a
Yank passerine that we haven't seen previously.
Also today, several white-tailed eagles, twite and a nice variety of waders.
The other highlight was an otter which showed well at point blank range for 5
seconds. Sadly all of my otter photos are out of focus but I'll post them here
so that you can see what I missed! The otter photos are not cropped.
Unfortunately I managed no photos of the Swainson's thrush, so the above is one
from 2023 at Castlebay.
Whyyyyy???
This is the Manse where todays Swainson's thrush was. On the fence behind the hut.
This fence!
Birding on the car park at Barra airport.
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