10th & Final Day Of Our Island Adventure

Saturday 8th November 2014

We left the Travelodge in Berwick Upon Tweed about 9.55am. It was quite bright and dry. As we passed Holy Island (Lindisfarne) it brought back some very happy memories of past family holidays at Belford where the Island used to be framed in the kitchen window. We had a stop for breakfast in Northumberland but after that the weather quickly deteriorated and we had to contend with torrential rain and spray which made driving quite tiring.

The only wildlife we saw on the way back was a Kestrel hovering in a roadside field in Lincolnshire and a small rodent (Mouse, Shrew Or Vole) scuttling across the road in South Pickenham. We stopped to get some shopping in Swaffham and arrived back home about 6.45pm.

A Stonechat at Loch Buie

2 Harbour Seals Loch Na Keal

Part of a Flock of 80 Eider Duck

2 Hooded Crows on The Ross Of Mull

Our Ferry just before we boarded it at Craignure bound for Oban

I will begin this week processing the many videos we shot and they will eventually go on Facebook and our YouTube Channel. 

Here is a summary of our sightings:

Our Mileage was 1408 miles from start to finish.

We stayed in Falkirk, Lochdon & Berwick Upon Tweed

Buzzards: 54

Hooded Crows: Too many to count

Heron: 52

Robin: Too many to count

Curlew: 25

Redwing: 221

Redshank: 15

Oystercatcher: 15

Wigeon: 2

Teal: 4

Greylag Geese: 270

Mallard: 4

Herring Gull: 12

Common Gull: 7

Other Gulls: Too many to count

Cormorants: 43

Hen Harrier: 2 Males 1 Female

Harbour Seal: 14

Chaffinch: Too many to count

Blackbirds: Too many to count

Red Breasted Merganser: 14

Red Deer: 9 Stags 54 Hinds

Rooks: 30

Merlin: 1

Starlings: 60

Great Tit: 6

Blue Tit: 10

Coal Tit: 3

Greenshanks: 6

Little Grebe: 2

Shags: 2

Twite: 8 (First For Us)

Otter: 2

Collared Doves: 4

Dunnock: 10

House Sparrow: 12

Yellowhammers: 8

Golden Eagle: 2

White Tailed Eagle (Sea Eagle): 1

Pheasants: 8

Greenland White Fronted Geese: 10 (First For Us)

Fallow Deer: 6 Hinds

Stonechat: 3 (First For Us)

Great Northern Diver: 7 (First For Us)

Eider Duck: 80

Rock Pipit: 1 (First For Us)

Ravens: 2

Slavonian Grebe: 2 (First For Us)

Barnacle Geese: 4

Red Kite: 2

Grey Phalarope: 1 (First For Us)

I don't think I've mentioned it in the log but all of these sightings were from our car and there were 7 firsts for us.

Keep your eyes peeled and good spotting.