Photograph of the Week, November 27 2020
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory warden Eddie Maguire took this photo of a very inquisitive juvenile European shag.
Machrihanish Seabird Observatory warden Eddie Maguire took this photo of a very inquisitive juvenile European shag.
It is far from only birds that can be spotted from Machrihanish Seabird Observatory.
So far the noisy, conspicuous species has been spotted at Campbeltown, Peninver, Carradale, Tangy, Glenbarr and Kennacraig.
This is one of a few images Mr Maguire managed to snap of the carnivorous mammal on rocks near the observatory, taken towards the end of July.
‘The police initially said they would get my car back from Lochgilphead.
The most extraordinary event of 2017 was a June fly-by Sooty Tern usually found in Tropical waters. This is a new species for Argyll, the first since the Observatory was established on September 11 1993.
‘However, no one could have forecast that the rarest seabird to visit MSBO would do so on a truly, almost calm, sunny day.’