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General Boards => Environmental => Open Boards => Nature => Topic started by: admin on July 21, 2016, 09:27:44 AM

Title: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: admin on July 21, 2016, 09:27:44 AM

Do you guys on Lewis and on the Uists get a lot of Bonxies attacking you out there?

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: Brutha on July 21, 2016, 03:38:09 PM

Not noticed that myself, just the odd tern...

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: Roobarb on July 22, 2016, 01:07:39 AM

Probably only see half a dozen bonxies each year here on Uist.
The terns will rip yer heid off though!


Andy

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: Billy on July 22, 2016, 08:33:57 AM

I was attacked out at Achiltibuie in early June but I was noising it up right enough.
I suppose I deserved it.

Billy

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: admin on July 22, 2016, 08:55:20 AM

Reason I was asking is that a fried of mine was on Skye last week and came across quite a few great skuas that did not pull their punches! He got some really fine photos of them.

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13723895_1073603809371547_9133705251636418246_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: Bobfly on July 22, 2016, 09:45:53 AM

More of a problem for anglers or walkers in the Orkney and Shetland insofar as I have read the warnings. Ones on Handa left us alone.

Title: Re: Hebridean Attack Birds
Post by: tomsampson on July 22, 2016, 09:53:05 AM

I was continually dive bombed on Hoy on the walk out to the Old Man. Almost Hitchcockian in their ferocity.