Drawn start of May on the Isle of Eigg, which lies off the west coast of Scotland, part of the Inner Hebrides. The only industrial sounds present on the island are from the tiny amount of vehicles in use on the single road, which is only 5 miles long. Provides an amazingly open backdrop of silence against which a really wide variety of birds are almost constantly singing.
Below is a list of birds we definitely saw (there are over a hundred species on the island altogether)
Chaffinch
Blackbird
Thrush
Swallow
Swift
Eider Duck
Cormorant
Crow
Wagtail
?? (Black wing/white body. Auk? had synthesized/sine wave call)
Geese (grey/brown, red bill)
Seagulls
Hens
Oyster Catcher
Spoonbill
Robin
Sparrow
David Birchall 