I'd just like to say thanks to WAB for having this site and enabling us all to interact with each other about wildlife in general and without whom I would never have met Phil Briggs (WCO) (Once met never forgotten!!
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Without this site I would never have had the opportunity to go to Mull for Eagle Watch over Easter this year.
I would also like to say a HUGE thank you to Phil Briggs (WCO) who made it possible for myself and my friend Helen to have a wonderful time in Mull
Not only were we chaffeured around the island to the best sites to see
Otter, Golden Eagles and WhiteTailed Sea Eagles, we were royally looked after in PC Finlay Christine's home, Salen Police Station.
I had one of the best holidays I have ever had, the views were spectacular and moments after we arrived on Mull, Phil met us and took us straight up to the RSPB hide and within minutes I had seen my first ever White tailed Sea Eagle.
I never realised just how massive these birds are and it's a moment I don't think I will ever forget.
Not only did we take part in keeping watch on the nest sites, we were also taken out to look for Golden Eagles Eyries. I even managed to climb a corrie. I thought it was just a hill!!!! I was told it was actually between 2,500 to 3,000 feet !!!!!!!!
I got windswept, hailed on and rained on, soggy feet and loved every minute of it.
We got to see,
Otter, Golden Eagles, White Tailed Sea Eagles, Hen Harrier, Wheatears, Rock pipits, Oystercatchers, Red Throated Divers, Seals..... my 'first ever' sighted list could go on and on.
Somehow Phil managed to take us to places on the island where we nearly always managed to see something.
Calgary Bay was a stunning place, made even more special as the rain just stopped as we arrived and as we were leaving we managed to see a pair of Golden Eagles displaying not 50 feet away from us.
I could go on and on, but I won't bore you with any more.
Needless to say I will be going back again to Mull. I have fallen in love with the Island, and have missed it so much since coming home.
THANK YOU PHIL
(Psst you want me to make that cheese sandwich now?
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Jo