The year gallops on as does the birding calendar. Rather than do one very long post I will go for a few shorter ones to keep excitement levels high. First off we had two nights on Rathlin, which gave us two and a half days on the island. This coincided with that wee spell of very heavy rain showers so was not as pleasant as it has been in the past. We made it to the RSPB West Light Seabird Centre but had a very odd convection mist hanging round the stacks. We could see west clearly towards Ballintoy, but not to Ballycastle or to the stacks west of the steps. We couldn't see the peregrine perch or the great skua nest yet when we walked towards the harbour it was bright and sunny at Kebble Cottage. I added corncrake to the list in the usual field behind the pub and we had a nice walk round the Craigmacagan trail.
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| What guillemots? |
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| Fulmar nest |
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| Rock pipit fledgling |
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| So close I could have touched it! |
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| No view of birds to the west |
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| What peregrine? |
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| Cleared at Kebble cottage? |
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| Harbour |
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| Corncrake country |
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| Church Bay |
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| East light from Craigmacagan |
149: Puffin
150: Corncrake
