In 2016, a group of GBC members spent a week on the Uist islands, on a trip organised by Alan Rosney.

Janet and I liked it so much that we have wanted to return ever since…. and today we landed back on South Uist.

Within 300m of getting off the ferry in Lochboisdale, South Uist today, we stopped at a roadside pool. Heron, Oystercatcher, Greylag… Nice enough.

Then a SEO rose from the ground of a nearby garden and flew right at us, too close for bins!

15 minutes later, we stopped again. While I was watching a Redshank on a post, Janet looked round to see a White-tailed Sea Eagle flying low about 100m away. Good start? I think so.