Wildlife observatory flies flag for Ukraine
The wildlife look-out station’s wardens have raised the blue and yellow bicolour banner on its flagpole as a show of solidarity with the war-torn country.
The wildlife look-out station’s wardens have raised the blue and yellow bicolour banner on its flagpole as a show of solidarity with the war-torn country.
Eddie was a ‘larger than life’ character, well known in Campbeltown and throughout Kintyre particularly for his ‘encyclopedic knowledge’ of birds, especially seabirds.
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 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.
The six single journeys completed by this bird amounts to 1,111.01 miles.
‘However, no one could have forecast that the rarest seabird to visit MSBO would do so on a truly, almost calm, sunny day.’
A ONCE common bird which became scarce, the Yellowhammer is once again flying round Kintyre.