no quite so wild sheep coutesy of highland photos

MCLEANSCOTLAND CAN ARRANGE AND GUIDE TOURS 

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN

BIRD WATCHING OR WILDLIFE  HERE IN SCOTLAND.

We use very good and highly experienced guides for the bird watching & wildlife tours.  Being Maclean's, we know Mull quite well, as you may expect, we can deliver excellent bird and wildlife tours here and many other superb locations all over Scotland. Drop us a note and we will get right back to you.

Tours auf deutscher Sprache werden auch angeboten. Many ideas and many alternatives to tours on Mull and Argyll! Try us for size, we can arrange a wildlife and birdwatching tour for any number of people, any language (almost).  Mull is one of the best places in Britain to spot Otters, Golden Eagles and Sea Eagles. Red deer and common seal, buzzards are commonplace, also Hen Harriers, Kestrels, Merlin, Short-Eared Owls and many other land birds. On the surrounding seas we have all three types of diver, oyster-catchers, cormorant, shag, razorbill, puffin, and several species of duck to name but a few! MULL  The entire island is bursting with wildlife-watching opportunities and the chance to see some of our most exciting species including otters, golden eagles and white-tailed sea eagles.

First for UK as black and red kites produce two young IT HAS been a well-kept secret in the world of ornithology, but it was revealed yesterday that for the first time in Britain a rare migratory black kite has bred with a native red kite. The "unique" hatching of two hybrid chicks at a secret location in the Highlands last year was monitored by experts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Details were kept a close secret because of concerns about the risks posed by eager "twitchers" trying to get to the site. The red kite, once virtually wiped out in Scotland, has been reintroduced over the past 20 years, particularly in areas where it used to be common, including the Highlands, central Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway. Mr Etheridge said the RSPB usually recorded one or two black kite sightings a year in Scotland. The birds migrate between Africa and countries such as France and Spain, though red kite are resident, he said.

SCOTTISH WILD BIRDS RED GROUSE

12th-19th May 2010  The festival encourages people to enjoy wildlife in a sustainable way. We can assist you in travel and accommodation to the festival.

 

www.rspb.org.uk       www.rspb.org.uk/scotland/index.asp  www.seabird.org/home.asp   www.projectpuffin.org www.jncc.gov.uk/Default.aspx?page=1548 www.turusmara.com on our favourite isle; MULL.  We can design a tour around this break on Mull and every isle. www.snh.org.uk/scottish/species/birds.asp www.hughharrop.com/rarities.html

OSPREY 'AFFAIR' ENDS HAPPILY SCOTLAND'S most famous bird of prey has laid a second clutch of eggs after her mate unceremoniously evicted others following a dalliance with a rival male. Wardens at the Loch Garten reserve in the Cairngorms were dismayed after the female osprey known as EJ - who had paired with an old flame called VS - laid four eggs only for them to be destroyed by her regular mate, Henry. He had flown back late from spending the winter in Africa. But Richard Thaxton, manager of the RSPB site near Aviemore, said: "This is an extraordinary turn of events for the osprey story as a relaid clutch of eggs has only been known once before in Scotland, 25 years ago." Henry returned to the nest yesterday. Mr Thaxton added: "To our huge relief, he settled down to incubate the egg, clearly knowing this time that it was his."