Hi Islandgirl, I have visited the isle of coll a couple of times and must confess I loved every minute of being there. The last time I visited was 2 years ago when we saw Corncrake at the RSPB reserve, it flew right past the building. We also saw Minkie Whale on the ferry out from Oban, and we were greeted into the harbour by 4 basking sharks. When we went, we stayed in one of the caravans at Gallanach. One night down at the beach we watched an Otter running across the sand and into the sea. We then witnessed what I think must have been a Humpback whale, as just as the sunset about a mile off the coast a huge whale threw itself out of the water and landed back in with an almighty splash!! On one of the last days there we walked round the bottom half of the island and managed to photograph a pair of Sanderling about 6 feet away!! It was amazing, I hope we will visit the island again soon mabye not this School holidays but mabye next summer!! I would love to photograph one of those Corncrakes, we also saw a Golden Eagle sitting on the roof of an old abandoned stone house about 30 metres off the road. It was a great holiday!! Heres a link to one of my Sanderling pics taken at the bottom of the island:
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...mage-4894.html
Fergus