A day of patchy rain that wouldn't make up its mind in the morning. In the afternoon we wandered down the shore a little from the house to see what we could find. What we found was a little cove with waders. With some patience we had close encounters (but no Otters, which are to be found near there according to a holidaymaker we bumped into later).
But first, wildlife photography comes with its hazards. What I thought was a little scab was actually this little bloodsucker which had been on my arm for most of the week. He came off OK, probably because he was full!
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| Tick |
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| Common Gull |
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| Turnstone |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Rock Pipit |
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| Dunlin |
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| Dunlin |
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| Turnstone |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Turnstone |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Dunlin |
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| Turnstones and Dunlin |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Shelduck |
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| Common Gull |
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| The things I do on holiday |
Later, after we'd put all the camera stuff away ready for heading home the next day (and after predicting that we wouldn't have to worry about catching a sunset due to the weather) a fantastic, burning sunset descended over Islay. We quickly scurried off with a few cameras but a bit more preparation time would have produced much better shots.
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| Port Charlotte |
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| Port Charlotte |
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| Port Charlotte |
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| Port Charlotte Hotel |
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| Port Charlotte |
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| Paps of Jura |
