Wildlife:
Come with us on a
Discover Mull Tour and you have the opportunity to see your first Otter
and perhaps get that photograph which will remind you of your holiday on
the Isle of Mull.
Common Buzzards are
seen every day, most often on telegraph posts on the look out for food
on the ground below. Many other raptors including Golden Eagle and White
tailed Sea Eagle, Hen Harrier and Short eared Owl are regularly seen on
our tours. If we are lucky we may also see Merlin and Peregrine.Red throated
Divers and the occasional Black throated Diver can be seen on our lochs.
From autumn through to spring there are Great Northern Diver in the sea
lochs and coastal waters, and a few Slavonian Grebe winter on Loch na Keal
The habitat of Mull is varied
and supports many bird species. Along its coast line and sea lochs can
be seen (and heard) Oystercatcher, Comon Sandpiper, Curlew, other waders
and several different ducks, Wigeon, Teal, Goldeneye, Red breasted Merganser
and Eider.
Enjoy these birds and many
others.The Island of Mull has much to offer and on a Discover Mull Tour
we give you the chance to experience for yourself the wildlifeand natural
beauty of the island
The island is home to a
large number of Red Deer, a small herd of Fallow Deer and lots of
Rabbits and Hares which are a main food source for birds of prey. We don't
have any Squirrels, Badgers or Foxes on the island. Mink are beginning
to be a problem to ground nesting birds and small mammals
Cetaceans can be seen from land on 'Discover Mull'
tours with harbour Porpoise the most common. Minkie Whales are seen on
a few tours each year but we have yet to see any Killer Whales. Bottlenose
Dolphins and Common Dolphins have been seen and we are always on the look
out for Basking Sharks in the late summer.
| Mull is a naturalists'
heaven with several ecologies wrapped in one small island, but we wouldn't
have seen a quarter of what's on offer without Pam & Arthur's insider
knowledge. You get a class act when you hire them for a whole day, along
with some comical patter and Pam's homemade veg soup, sarnies, flapjacks
and cake.
Sharon Ring,
Sainsbury's Magazine March 2007
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If you want to see the birds
and wildlife of Mull contact:
Pam & Arthur Brown
01688 400415 Mobile 07780 600367

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