🎄The Nature of Mull - Advent Calendar Day 2️⃣ 0️⃣ BTO WeBS counts today (species of note) - Little Egret on Loch Cuin along with 3 Snipe and 7 Greenshank. Salen Bay - Kingfisher (my first for the bay) and 4 Bar-tailed Godwits. Killiechronan - 1st winter Rook, 4 BT Godwits. Laggan bay - 30 Turnstones and 1 BT Godwit.     Some good WeBS sites available to survey around Mull, take a look here - https://app.bto.org/websonline/sites/vacant/vacant-sites.jsp#lon=-6.1669025&lat=56.4

🎄The Nature of Mull (via the Solway!) - Advent Calendar Day 1️⃣ 6️⃣  Myself, John and guests spent five days on and around the Solway last week, covering a great range of habitats and seeing a varied mix of species. Find out how they all got on, read the tour report below! ⬇️  https://www.naturescotland.com/blog

🎄The Nature of Mull - Advent Calendar Day 🔟  The ducks are looking their dapper best during the winter months on Mull, and one of my favourite seasonal spectacles on the island is without a shadow of a doubt...displaying Red-breasted Mergansers! The drakes are so graceful and elegant as they perform to the females, almost like they are showcasing a bow or a curtsy.  If they were on 'Strictly' on a Saturday night, how many points would they be getting!?

🎄The Nature of Mull - Advent Calendar Day 0️⃣ 8️⃣  Carrion is an essential food source for eagles in the winter months to get them in a suitable condition for breeding efforts towards the end of the season.  🎥 Trail Cam, Golden Eagle

🎄The Nature of Mull - Advent Calendar Day 0️⃣ 7️⃣  A winter time-lapse of Gribun cliffs...