Blog (Wildlife) - Outer Hebrides

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With the busy summer drawing to a close, the landscape taking on the striking autumnal hues and the dark nights (and I mean dark) giving you opportunities to spot the Northern Lights, it is the perfect time for “a get away from it all” trip.

Golden eagles are giants of Scottish skies, in every sense of the word. Moody and majestic - gliding over cliffs and moor and back again like they own the place. The Outer Hebrides are one of the best places to see these magnificent creatures. 

Puffins are lots of people's favourite bird.  Their iconic colouring giving rise to nicknames like ‘Clowns of the Sea’. Their connection to the Outer Hebrides is as rich as it is remote, but the challenges facing these clowns are no laughing matter.

Mark Rowe is the author of the guide book Outer Hebrides, published by Bradt.  He writes about the less well known areas in eastern Lewis which are well worth exploring and offer elemental scenery, walking and wildlife spotting. 

Many a visitor to Eriskay departs enchanted by the ponies that roam freely across their island home.   Known in Gaelic as ‘Each Beag nan Eilean’ (Small Island Horse), the Eriskay Ponies, the last surviving native Hebridean pony breed.