No Sea Eagle- Yet

Having raised expectations preparing you all for a possible Sea Eagle Nest on Eriska my hopes were first dashed by a local ornithologist who was visiting yesterday for the annual Heron count. The good news was that there has been an increase by one to the number of nesting herons on Eriska but then he denied the possibility of the Sea eagle setting up nest so close to the Heronry. This was confimrfed last night by the spotting guests sending the image which they had enhanced om their computer to show the nest and a possible chick, if you are the kind of believer in the the Loch Ness Monster!

 To be fair they were the first to admit the error and whilst this can be easily done given the small camera screen the good news was that not only was their other shot of a bird in flight definitely a Sea Eagle, now confirmed but it is also highly likely that it is one of a pair now in Loch Creran.

The other great news is that there is a high chance that we may somewhere on the island eventually attract another nesting pair as the trees and habitat seem ideal for them combined with the Sanctuary aspect of the island. In addition whilst the nest may have been misdiagnosed they did manage to get two other great shots first of a Willow Warbler

and then one of a Dunnock. Neither of which has our resident photographer been able to get so close to.