Country diary: South Uist

The first wheatears have returned to the islands, and chiffchaffs and willow warblers are beginning to pass through on their spring journeys. A bright and sunny morning seems the perfect time to look for the newly arrived travellers. A short car tour and a lengthy walk turn up not even a fleeting glimpse of a wheatear’s white rump, and so we set off for Airidh nam Ban in the hope of at least hearing a chiffchaff among the trees there even if we don’t see one. In the wood there is plenty of bird activity. Two robins are engaged in a musical duel, chaffinches flit from branch to branch plinking and chinking constantly. A wren adds its ringing

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