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Time |
What was seen
Special sightings in red |
Other Wildlife/Birds in vicinity |
Where seen from eg: Laurenca, small boats, Carna, Laga Lodge
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Map Ref: |
Weather/Sea conditions /Tides |
Photos |
November |
07.11.09 |
13:00 |
Hen Harrier |
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Glenborrodale |
Hillside above Glenborrodale Village |
620610 |
Very windy/rain |
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Behaviour: |
Flying |
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20.11.09 |
11:30 |
Golden Eagle (ad) |
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Laga Lodge |
Ben Laga |
632609 |
Fine |
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Behaviour: |
Circling over the Ben |
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30.11.09 |
12:30 |
Sea Eagle |
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Acharacle |
Flying fairly low over Loch Shiel |
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Beautiful clear cold calm day |
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Behaviour: |
Soaring |
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30.11.09 |
15:00 |
Common Seal |
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Laurenca - Ferry landing |
Drimnin Bay, Morvern |
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clear, calm crisp cold day |
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Behaviour: |
Curious |
December |
09.12.09 |
10:50 |
Golden Eagle (ad) |
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Laga Lodge |
Laga Lodge |
632609 |
Overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Flying over |
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10.12.09 |
18:15 |
Pine Marten |
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B8007 Salen-Kilchoan road |
near Glenborrodale |
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Behaviour: |
Crossing road |
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11.12.09 |
12:00 |
Otter |
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Carna cottage |
Beach |
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Behaviour: |
Looking for food amongst seaweed |
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12.12.09 |
13:00 |
Golden Eagle
(ad) |
Gulls |
Carna |
South end |
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bright, calm, clear |
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Behaviour: |
Being mobbed by gulls |
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16.12.09 |
18:45 |
Red Deer Stags |
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B8007 Salen - Kilchoan road |
Laga Hill, Laga Bay |
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Behaviour |
3 Stags crossing road |
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17.12.09 |
15:15 |
2 Golden Eagles
(ad's) |
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Carna |
North end |
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slight greying other wise bright clear slight breeze from S/E 1/2 |
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Behaviour |
spiraling in thermals, quite high |
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17.12.09 |
18:30 |
Barn Owl |
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B8007 Salen - Kilchoan road |
Laga Hill, Laga Bay |
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Behaviour |
Disturbed from ditch |
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23.12.09 |
10:30 |
Otter |
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Self drive boat |
Carna Pontoon |
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Beautiful sunny calm day |
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Behaviour |
Looked like it was feeding |
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25.12.09 |
15:30 |
Porpoise |
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Laga Bay Shore |
Loch Sunart |
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Calm, Clear and Crisp |
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Behaviour |
2 porpoise feeding |
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28.12.09 |
8:30 |
Otter |
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Cottage on Carna |
end of Pontoon |
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Very calm, cold sunny but with some cloud |
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Behaviour |
Feeding and clambering about pontoon |
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28.12.09 |
14:00 |
Red Kite |
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Car |
Glen Tarbet |
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Behaviour |
Circling low over Glen |
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28.12.09 |
14:45 |
Porpoises |
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Laurenca Ferry to Drimnin |
Sound of Mull |
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Nice calm day |
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Behaviour |
2 heading across towards Tobermory then a pod of 5 not far behind |
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January 2010 |
04.01.10 |
16:00 |
Porpoise |
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Laurenca Ferry |
Sunart |
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Dusk, sleet and snow |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding moving fast through the water |
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10.01.10 |
15:00 |
Pair of Eagles |
Buzzard |
Carna |
Summit of Carna |
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Bright & Sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Circling high |
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11.01.10 |
9:15 |
Otter |
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Laga |
Fish Farm Pontoon |
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Cloud cover, cold & breezy |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding near pomtoon |
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21.01.10 |
11:30 |
Otter |
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Laga Lodge |
Close to shore |
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Rough sea |
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Behaviour: |
Diving, foraging |
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24.01.10 |
15:15 |
Eagle |
Otters |
Small Boat |
Carna |
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Calm, sunny day |
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Behaviour: |
Perched on rock above shore of carna |
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24.01.10 |
15:30 |
Otters |
Eagle |
Small Boat |
Channel between Carna & Laga |
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Calm, sunny |
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Behaviour: |
2 otters swimming channel from Carna to Ardnamurchan |
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27.01.10 |
9:30 |
Adult Otter |
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Laga Lodge |
On the beach in front of the house at Laga |
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Calm, overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding and scrambling about the rocks |
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February |
03.02.10 |
14:30 |
Adult Otter |
Sea Birds |
Shore, Laga Bay |
Water's edge. Rocks west end of bay |
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Calm & overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Feeding.
I can't believe I've got these pictures with a small digital camera! I got to within 3 - 4 metres of the otter without disturbing it and sat for 15 minutes just watching. It was absolutely amazing! |
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10.02.10 |
9:30 |
Seals |
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Wildlife Hide |
Ardery, on road between Salen & Strontian |
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Calm & overcast |
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Behaviour: |
Basking on the rocks |
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11.02.10 |
11:00 |
Sea Eagles (pair) |
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Drive at Laga Bay |
Flying overhead |
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Clear sunny day |
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Behaviour: |
Flying |
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12.02.10 |
8:30 |
Otter |
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road, Camas Inas |
East end Camas Inas bay |
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Fairly calm bright day |
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Behaviour: |
Swimming just off the rocks at the end of the bay |
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15.02.10 |
8:30 |
Red Deer Stag |
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Road at Laga |
on side of road and going up hill |
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Behaviour: |
Group of deer seen most mornings and evenings |
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26.02.10 |
17:00 |
Red Deer |
Sheep |
B8007 road |
between Ben Hiant and Camas nan Gael |
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Just before Dusk |
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Behaviour: |
Herds of Stags and separate herds of hinds feeding alongside the road. |
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26.02.10 |
17:30 |
Golden Eagle |
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B8007 road |
Between Loch Mudle and Camas nan Gael |
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Snowy, heavily overcast, just before dusk |
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Behaviour: |
Taking off and catching thermals before soaring |
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March |
01.03.10 |
8:30 |
Porpoises mixture total 6-8 animals |
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From Land |
Resipole |
56'42.532N 005'43.195W |
Flat calm, sun rising, mirror reflection, tide ebbing |
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Behaviour: |
Repeated surfacing in one area suggesting concentrated feeding. |
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10.03.10 |
12:30 |
Sea Eagles (2) |
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Small Boat |
Laga Bay |
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Calm, Sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Flying over loch |
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10.03.10 |
14:30 |
Golden Eagle |
Buzzards |
Laga Lodge |
Ben Laga |
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Calm, Sunny |
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Behaviour: |
Scouring hillside |
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10.03.10 |
18:00 |
Porpoises group 4-6 |
Owl, Heron, Oyster catchers & seals |
R1 return around the back of Carna |
Carna Point opposite Mike's |
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Flat calm, sun setting |
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Behaviour: |
Headed straight for the wake and appeared to be jumping higher out of the water than just surfacing. |
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