Well after almost the entire summer section of the blog (it's also good to be a holiday in it) back to update talking about has been the excellence of this trip year: A 7-day trip to Ecocia. Not everything will be bugs so here I used also to create a blog about street photography where you can also see how the trip has been in the field of photography. The blog in question is the following: http://obturadorurbano.blogspot.com/ Hope you like it.
The main objective of the trip was to visit this region steeped in legend with its landscapes, its people and its wildlife supueso. Early August was the date chosen and although not the best for marine, if they behaved quite well and we were lucky being able to see the proposed species within this group of birds. Our trip began in Edinburgh and through 7 days we visited the Bass Rock, Isle of May, St Andrews, the Pn of the Cairngorms, Loch Garten, Abernethy Forest, Inverness and Loch Ness, Isle of Skye, Glen Coe, Stirling to return back to Edinburgh. The first entry will be on the second day of the trip as the first focused on the city of Edinburgh, whose chronicle can see in my other blog whose address is above.
Day August 3: Leave early from Edinburgh in an easterly direction to reach one of the most important breeding areas of Scotland. I speak of St Abb's Head. A projection of land that juts into the Atlantic and in which numerous species of breeding seabirds (kittiwakes, shags, guillemots ...) The alcid had already left the cliffs yet we could see and photograph species new to us . Leading us after we saw a pheasant vulgar, a kind hunting nor had ever seen and that is quite abundant in the UK in general. The south of Scotland is notable for the large number of fields displayed in the large flocks of birds such as pigeons or jackdaws torques.
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula ) already in the Scottish capital could see the first animal species such as gray squirrel, Herring Gull and Gull. The fact that they are so common in this area makes the passage of time will go to pay less attention on the first day but did hope to meet them.
Gull (Larus fuscus ) Go back to what I was commenting. Once we arrived at St Abbs Head, the view is spectacular cliffs. The white cliffs caused by the excrement of the clear sea is an area of \u200b\u200banimal noise during the breeding season.
Cliffs St Abb's Head esrella
The species in these cliffs was the kittiwake. A gull small size, dark eyes and yellow beak still performing courtship feeding in this region of Scotland. Kittiwake In English they call they claim that the sound they make reminds word. Then a series of photographs of this species in these cliffs.
Kittiwake (Rissa toed ) Youth
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Nest Kittiwake (Rissa tridacila ) 
couple kittiwakes nest in addition of kittiwakes could also see from these cliffs the flight of some fulmars, herring gulls, dark and shag. In looking a little to the sea also the first flight of pelicans stood on the blue background. As mammals, rabbits are everywhere in Scotland, medium, gardens, cliffs, crops ... any area is good for raising these lagomorphs. A group of Atlantic gull also rested on the lower part of the cliff next to the abundant herring gulls
gulls Group in which there are 4 gabions Atlantic (2 adults and 2 juveniles) (Larus marinus ), among gulls Herring (Larus argentatus ) smaller crested cormorants are also an abundant species on the British coast since early August was easily observed perched on the lower part of the cliff, yet beguiling young or fishing in the waves . Here's a picture a group of crested.
shags in St Abb's Head cliff in the area of \u200b\u200ba lake in which pudims find a pair of mute swans and a tufted duck who fled quickly from the marsh vegetation. These are species that are accustomed to see their presence in parks and like animals related to humans (in the case of the swans), but always look forward to meet with these species in the silvesre. A woodpecker pecking a tree too close to water.
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor ) 
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula ) We went to the village of St Abbs at the port where we are with 3 mute swans and a juvenile gull foraging in the seaweed. Swallows also took the opportunity to feed their young in the strings of fishing gear. It is true what they say that species are much more confident outside Spain. You always have the doubt whether it will be much as they say and in some cases if it is.
Portrait of mute swan (Cygnus olor ) 
mute swans in the port of St Abb's 
Youth Gull (Larus fuscus ) acalntilados decided to abandon the St Abb's Head to take towards North Berwick, a town in the boat coming out to Bass Rock, one of the largest gannet colony in the world. But before you decide to stop at Tantallon Castle. More pheasant perched on poles could be seen from the road, like a flycatcher that crossed the road. In a tree near the entrance to the castle a male with breeding plumage Reed Bunting claimed his lungs. This species was seen on the Asturian coast obliquely per that he could not shoot yet.
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus ) common planes are abundant near the castle and nesting in the walls which are also used by species such as the wren to find food. In the rocky areas adjoining the oystercatchers lay in the area where the tide comes and some fulmars nidaban in grassy areas of the cliffs. However the most striking image from this point is the view of Bass Rock. A rock that comes in the middle of the sea and is completely white from a distance. The white tone is because in this rock raised thousands of pairs of gannet which gives the name of the Rock (Bass comes from the scientific name for gannet (Morus bassanus )) is one of the associations most amazing animals on the planet since the tumult and the activity is highest in the rock.
Bass Rock 
Image Bass Rock from the coast We left for North Berwick beach in which we find waders like redshank, oystercatcher, turnstone and species such as Sandwich Tern is also new to me. In this coastal town is the Birding Scottish Centre for Ornithology dereference point in Scotland and the truth is that the site is fantastic as the proximity of islands such as Bass Rock and the Isle of May are very important colonies of seabirds.
Juvenile Sandwich Tern ( Thelasseus sandvicensis) finally broke the outboards to Bass Rock, but first took us to walk around a nearby island on which raised numerous cormorants, auklets and murres (which were not) and puffins, which if we could see fishing and flying in flocks to fatten on the colonies. It is rare that there are still breeding puffins at that time but we were lucky. We started then to Bass Rock, the goal of the day. As you approach the rock, gannets increased around and the sound of their cries would increase in volume. When you're glued to the vertical rock cut a cloud of birds cover the sun practically fly about you. They are quintessential aerodynamic seabirds that come ashore to breed. Chickens were still colonies of gannets and landed with fattening parents to feed them. Meet at Bass Rock is an indescribable feeling and difficult to reproduce. It's something you've seen a thousand times in documentaries but until you're there living it you do not know the magnitude it actually is. Apart from the gannets on Bass Rock could also see gray seals, which would pry about the boat that gave us the tour. British Seals were also 2 of the species we had in mind on the trip. Here are some photos taken at Bass Rock.
northern gannets (Morus bassanus ) at Bass Rock 
Overview of the sky in Bass Rock 
Grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) After the trip we went with the feeling of having lived a unique experience that is hard to match. A concentration of so many individuals of a species in such a short space is not easily forgotten. This has been the report of the first day of bicheo in Scotland. I will raise successive entries on the trip as soon as possible. I hope you enjoy and greetings, and remember to visit my other blog http://obturadorurbano.blogspot.com/
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