The last word on Arran

 

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Common birds on Arran

Black Guillemot

Red Breasted Mergansers

Hooded Crow

 

 

 

 

 

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Grey Heron

This Grey Heron was one of four on Brodick golf course, must be the most tame heron ever.

 

 

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Sannox Glen - an assortment of flying things and bog plants!

A beautiful walk up the Glen produced lots of dragonflies along the river .....

Four Spotted Chaser

Golden Ringed Dragonfly

Dark Green Frittilary

Egg laying Golden Ringed Dragonfly

Tiger Beetle

Magpie Moth

Bog Asphodel

Sundew

Speckled Wood

This is an interesting one, at first I thought it was a Tree Bumblebee but then noticed it was really a fly! Would love to know if anybody knows its true identity.

 

 

 

 

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Golden Eagle Eyrie

Apologies for poor quality but all the videos and photos of the Golden Eagles were take at a distance of at least 1 mile through a telescope on 50X at the top of a windy hill on the opposite side of the valley!
We spotted a pair of Golden Eagles soaring on Arran within an hour of landing and then couldn’t believe it when we spotted two nearly fledged juveniles.

 

  

  

A little teaser..

a taste of things to come!

Around the Island…

Padda Island and lighthouse

RSPB Ailsa Craig out at sea

Brodick in the distance..

Watching Red Throated Divers, Red Breasted Mergansers and Dophins..

Lochranza

We stayed in the northern town of Lochranza which was a great base for travelling around the island, it also has an idyllic castle and distillery