We awoke to a strong northwesterly so I headed for Lamba Ness where in an hour I saw a single blue Fulmar and a juvenile Glaucous Gull. On driving south across the island Brydon kindly telephoned to ask if I'd heard the news - I hadn't - Tengmalm's Owl at Bixter! I was soon at Brydon's from where he drove us to Bixter where it was all rather surreal joining John Lowrie-Irvine and Brian Marshall watching the Owl that was mainly sleeping on a branch just a few feet away. Occasionally it would awake, when WOW, what eyes!!
With all the pine plantations surrounding the garden at Bixter it was incredibly fortunate that when Erik Moar threw open the curtains this morning there was the Tengmalm's Owl sat a few feet from his window! He called his wife Jackie to take a look who then posted her photo of the Owl to facebook. Thank you to both Erik and Jackie for their hospitality today.
