Regular followers of this blog (hi mum) will know of Dave's tragicomic attempts to get a decent Golden eagle photo.  

Well, this was out on the Oa reserve very early on Tuesday morning as we finished our first round of Black guillemot surveys. I came puffing and panting up a cliff and was faced with this sight.



Turns out it's quite hard to use a camera whilst trying not to move or breathe.



Later, a pair of chough mobbed the above eagle for a while and then settled down for some early morning foraging.