Stormy Weather
<Well here we are on Islay after the wildest week we have ever seen on this island. Raging seas and high winds have led to the cancellation of the ferry on several days but they did produce some amazing rainbows with the sunshine and heavy rain
Despite the conditions we looked for Otters on two occasions and scored on both days. One was fishing in raging seas in the South East of the island and the other was disturbed by a fisherman checking his lobster pots, so no film was obtained of either.
The highlights have been filming seventeen Snow Buntings feeding on seeds on a remote beach and finding five Crossbills in a pine plantation feeding on Spruce cones.
A surprise has been finding a Red Admiral butterfly sunning itself during one of the brief sunny spells.
Gordon Yates
October 25, 2008
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