These last few posts have been packed with birds, insects and even the odd Otter or two, but there are still a few things to share that I didn’t manage to fit in elsewhere. Perhaps our most surprising find on the island was the following Hedgehog that we encountered on Read more…
With just two days left on Mull we decided to stay around the house in the hope of getting some more sightings of the Golden Eagles. We weren’t disappointed as on a walk down to the beach we rounded a corner to find one of the Eagles sat just above Read more…
One post really wasn’t enough to even scratch the surface of the photos that I took on Lunga, so please enjoy another. Apologies if you’ve had your fill of Puffins but I don’t think you can ever have enough of them.
By Wednesday the rain looked like it was set in for the long run with banks of cloud barely clearing the cliffs, covering the landscape like a quilt. Normally I’d have called the whole thing off and stayed in bed but we had a boat trip booked with Turus Mara Read more…
Conscious of our rapidly depleting petrol supply and the vastly inflated fuel prices on the island we spent the next few days visiting places closer to home. First port of call was Eas Fors, a waterfall that tumbles straight off the cliffs and into the sea. Having taken the usual Read more…
As a break from my holiday diary ramblings I thought I’d interject with a post covering the Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies from our little piece of Mull. The moorland and peat bogs there are alive with insect life of which these winged varieties are just the most obvious. By far Read more…
I should have mentioned in my last post that on the Wednesday we also got to see our first Golden Eagle of the holiday, and whilst reading a book in the front porch of the house no less. Golden Eagles have been using the valley around the house for as Read more…
The alarm clock split the early morning silence with its harsh electronic beats, and was quickly extinguished by a groping hand. Normally a four o’clock wakeup call would be met with cries of protest and a quick retreat back under the covers. But this wasn’t just any morning; this was Read more…
I didn’t go anywhere last night as I had to spend another fun evening up a ladder preparing walls for painting. If I wasn’t such a perfectionist the house would have been finished long ago and I would be free of the continuous dust and mess. I did at least Read more…
Normally I don’t go in for posting just a big list of species seen as they are hardly the most interesting thing for other people to read. I had already drawn this one up for my own records however so thought that I would share it here. 97 species was Read more…