A difficult day in wind and rain with very few birds about, but a male hen harrier was nice as were a couple of flocks of ...

A glorious day on Barra, the best yet for weather, light wind and lots of blue skies. Birds included my first yellow-browed warbl...

We spent the afternoon at Eoligarry jetty and managed to re-find the black tern which I think is an adult in non-breeding plumage...

We've seen a few moss carder bees this week, best identified by their rusty backs and yellow abdomens, but this one at Cleat today ...

  The birding's been a bit quiet on Barra today, just a few year ticks added to the holiday list. Best bird probably this ring...

A glorious day on Barra today, with lots of sun and bright blue skies. When the weather is like this the beaches of the O...

We had a walk to Traigh Eais this afternoon from the footpath next to Eoligarry school. Before we reached the beach, these two magnific...

Three harbour porpoise, common dolphin and three species of diver including 40+ black throated were the highlight of a ferry jour...

A second look at the Swainson's thrush at the Manse today and I managed to get some photos. It's an elusive bird and toda...

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 ...

It's that time of year again when Ray and I migrate north to the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.  Following a six hour...