So apparently we need to be told that Wales is in the UK. You don't say.

What they need to improve the programme (well actually, they need a lot to improve the programme...) is a greyhound on the beach:


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There are more on Facebook if you're interested.


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Video footage of the golden eagles and otters I saw on Lewis and North Uist respectively. OK, the camerawork isn't exactly BBC Natural History department, but the footage of eagles was good enough for an RSPB guy to confirm that they were golden eagles rather than white-tailed or even just buzzards.

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On North Uist, I stopped to take a wide angle shot of a large herd of mute and whooper swans. Basically a big bunch of not especially uncommon white birds ( Read more... )

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Thursday

Still darkish when I got up, although it wasn't painfully early by any means. The man in the hotel tipped me off that there were definitely a pair of white-tailed eagles in the north-east of the island. Weather and visibility were both excellent, so that's where I went.

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No, not a comedy double act, but the northern part of the Outer Hebrides.

Wednesday

Today was a good day.

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Tuesday: Gorgeous weather as I set off early(ish) from the faded Bettyhill Hotel.

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I'm on holiday at the moment - a solo driving holiday around the more distant bits of Scotland. Bunn isn't with me on account of her having considerably less holiday allowance than me this year and not fancying a week of pretty much nothing but driving.

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