Wild Island: A Year in the Hebrides

Synopsis

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Rspb -- Thanks -- Setting Off For The Island -- The Strand -- A Human Population Of Six -- The Island -- How To Grow A Peregrine Falcon -- History -- The Abbey -- June: The Ferry To Colonsay -- Livestock -- Lapwings -- Redshanks -- The Corncrake's Story -- Instructions For Growing Corncrakes -- Machair -- Snipe -- Gathering -- July: To Oronsay The Fast Way -- Shearing -- Moths -- Flight -- August: Crossing To Oronsay On Foot -- Volunteers -- Otters -- Basking Sharks -- Fishing -- Sea Tank -- September: Leviathan -- Finches -- Starlings -- Dogs -- The Old Bulls -- Choughs -- October: A Walk In The Dark -- Grey Seals -- Barnacle Geese Arrive -- November: A Mad Rush -- Beachcombing -- Trying To Draw Barnacle Geese -- Printmaking -- December: Where Am I Going? -- Starlings -- Rats -- The New Bulls -- A Christmas Adventure -- January: A Rough Crossing To Colonsay -- Feeding The Cattle -- Storms -- Field Sketching -- Leaving Oronsay -- February: A Coast Rich In History -- The Farmyard -- Sparrows -- March: Bees -- Weather -- Grumpy Tups -- Eider Ducks -- Ringed Plovers -- Too Much -- Marsh Fritillaries -- Noticing Things -- April: Tysties In Oban -- Sheep And Lambing -- Spring Migration -- Golden Plover -- Wheatears -- Godwits -- Lapwings -- Divers -- Eiders Nest-prospecting -- Seabirds Return -- May: Through The Corryvreckan -- Seabirds -- Shags -- Kittiwakes -- Auks -- Fulmars -- Birdsong -- Colonsay Corncrakes -- Waiting To See A Corncrake -- Arctic Tern Colony -- Chough Chicks -- Starlings -- Conclusion