Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Scotland 2025 Day 13 Golden Talisker!

 14/05/2025

A lovely day, a walk to Talisker Beach, once again superb scenery and some cracking birds seen, including Twite, Redpoll, Bullfinch, Shag, Great Northern Diver, Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Golden Eagle and a Whale which admittedly is not a bird, but was still awesome !! We also found a beautiful waterfall!! 

Margie got some pics of the stunning scenery






Margie is convinced this looked like a Dragon! 


I forgot about the Wheatear, notwithstanding Margies, Dragon hallucinations another sign she is losing the plot is she actually said you can have too many pics of Wheatears!!! I know  outrageous!!!








Redpoll, lovely to watch them feeding and gathering nesting material








This one actually flipped over backwards

Song Thrush

Different Wheatear


Hooded Crow

Meadow Pipit

Twite, unfortunately flushed by a young couple who practically trod on em, I was cursing the missed opportunity, shouldn't have spent so long with the Redpolls


More Shags than I can handle

Great Northern Diver

Another different Wheatear

Rock Pipit

Dunlin

Sanderling



Ringed Plover


Meadow Pipit


Whilst scanning from the beach, I picked up a Minkie Whale crossing the bay, it was quite hard getting pics but I managed a couple!



It was a fantastic sighting and exciting waiting for it to break the surface! Some of Margie's pics from the beach area!











The tension built as Margie tried to get the boat right in the gap!







Peacock, not something I was expecting to see, there were several about

Redpoll

House Sparrow

Cuckoo, were at least 3 calling but pics were at a premium 

Common Buzzard

Redpoll

Bullfinch

Fish


Chiffchaff 



Young Sparrow begging for food

We walked back to the car, it was really hot now,  we had a drink and something to eat, we were  contemplating where to go next when I noticed a couple of large birds above the nearby ridge Golden Eagles!! Hurrah!!

Golden Eagle






They really are awesome to watch though would have liked em a bit closer! 

We headed off, taking in more scenery, stopping where there was a chance of some action, we saw a sign for the Fairy Pools, but the carpark was packed and what we could see from the road the crowds looked horrendous so we gave it a miss, which turned out to be a good decision as we found our own admittedly slightly smaller waterfall further on but it was very beautiful

Common Sandpiper

Dipper nest, saw the occupant a couple of times, but was too quick for pics

White-tailed Eagle, one of a pair flying a way from us






















A stunning place, some videos of the waterfall below, small but perfectly formed!







Another fantastic day, the Eagles and the Whale will live long in the memory and the Waterfall was a beautiful finish to our activities!!!!
 

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