We had a great wildlife tour with St. Hilda Sea Adventures. We spent 10 days on the Speideren, a 75 ft Norwegian Rescue boat in the Outer Hebrides. We stopped at 12 different Islands during the trip seeing beautiful scenery and wildlife.
We boarded the ship in Oban, then traveled through Loch Melfort to our first stop Rum to walk at the Nature Reserve, then on to Canna where we anchored off shore. Next stop was the Outer Hebrides. We hiked to a remote beaches of Vatersay, stopped at the harbor of Castlebay on the Isle of Barra, then Lochboisdale on South Uist and Lochmaddy on North Uist where we hiked out to Loch nam Maddaah to see a Camara Obscura and had a day tour out to the small Island of Berneray. Next we sailed to the Shiant Isles, three rocky islands in the Northern Minch, that are nesting grounds for thousands marine birds (puffins, guillemots, razorbills, shags and great skuas). Then we were off to East Tarbert on Isle of Harris and a stop at the local distillery. On our way back we stopped at the Isle of Sky to hike up to Loch Coruisk, and Isle Eigg for a walk, and Lochdon on the Isle of Mull to tour Duart Castle.
We stayed a few extra days to tour the Isles of Mull and Iona.
We were very busy so I only had time to make quick sketches and take reference photos. I finished the watercolors after we returned home.
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| Oban harbor at night |
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| Kinloch Castle on Rum in process |
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| Vatersay bay, Outer Hebrides in process |
