Insane...or creative?

Different day, same result. No Otters and no great shots of Mull's bird life either but lots of good sightings.

I saw another young White Tailed Eagle at exactly the same place that I saw the two at on Monday (Croggan). This is definitel a different bird because it is wing tagged. It was being pestered by a Buzzard and it quickly went high and away towards Lochbuie but I found it again a little later soaring in the thermals. That was until a Golden Eagle entered the same air space and the White Tailed Eagle moved back towards Croggan. Another very enjoyable experience watching 3 different raptors in such close proximity. Due to the height and distances I took no photos.

I headed to Lochbuie for my morning hot chocolate and as soon as I stopped and wound don my window the local Chaffinches were all over the car. One on my roof, another on my windscreen wipers and there were arguments over who got to sit on my wing mirror. They have obviously worked out that people equal crumbs but unfortunately for them I didn't produce any.

Cheeky Chaffinch!!

I headed down Loch Scridain through Pennygael and watched a Harrier hunt again. In all the times I've come to Mull I have never seen so many. It must be the time of the year and the run up to breeding season. I decided to try a different approach to the Otters and went for a walk/scramble along the shore. I was hoping to catch one sleeping in the weed or disturb one but as usual no joy.

For those of you who don't know Mull the majority of the roads are single track with passing places. As I pulled in to one of these passing places to let another car past a male Merlin was flushed from the long grass. I have only ever seen a Merlin once and that ws tied to a post at a falconry centre. It soon sped off across the moor and perched on a stone a long long way away. Fortunately the couple in the car I had moved for also saw it and were birdwatchers so they set up their 'scope and we watched hime for a few minutes before he moved on.

As the day was getting on I was beginning to find myself singing songs different to those on the radio and I felt I'd have to be a bit creative if I was going to get any shots from my day. I turned to landscapes and as I said to a friend recently I struggle to see the picture in a big landscape but prefer details within it. I'm not sure if this is because I like using a longer lens so much that my eye is trained to spot details. Who knows?

I really liked this tree and struggled to get a good angle for a photo

With the wind as strong as it is in Mull it is little wonder there are trees like this!

I spotted this tree and waterfall and knew immediately a photo wouldn't do it justice.

Ben More, the tallest hill (and only Munro) on Mull

These photos were all taken within 1 mile of each other on the southern shore of Loch Na Keal. I'll leave it up to you whether I've gone insane or whether the last shot is creative!

Straight shot

Blurred by panning while the shutter was open.  I like it but I think I'll be the only one!