Friday 3rd April

Light breeze and bright to start and then the rain came in.

Theo picked up his family private tour and headed straight for the coast finding a pair of WTE's, the female on the nest and the male off-duty bird sat in the tree above showing well. Offshore there were Great-northern Divers and a few Harbour Seals. Heading for a sea loch on our drive around we had Wheatears, Lapwing, Curlews, Eiders, Black Guillemot, Common Guillemot, R-B Mergansers, a brief flyby Sand Martin and a Juvenile Golden Eagle hunting the nearby hillside before soaring over the hills and away.

Further on we watched a female Otter travelling along the coast briefly feeding but more moving with intent stopping on a few rocks to spraint.

On a coastal walk the weather really came but we got good views of a perched adult male Golden Eagle before heading back soaked for the shelter of the van. The rain stayed with us for the journey home but we did see a few Red Deer from the van and a smart male Stonechat.