Wild Intrigue Expeditions DRAFT

Guest Article
In this issue we hear from Rebecca Gibson, University of Cumbria
BA Wildlife Media student, who attended a Wild Intrigue
Expedition on the Isle of Carna in May this year.
Sit back and visit this stunning wild island through Rebecca's eyes.
Undoubtedly the highlight of my trip to Carna
was being a part of the wild.
Photo credit: Rebecca Gibson
We walked every day, covering as much of
the six hundred acres as we could. Each time
we heard different sounds; a favourite of mine
was the call of the cuckoo, something I’d
never heard before coming here. On one walk
alone the wildlife was plentiful. Of birds we
saw a eurasian rock pipit (Anthus petrosus),
red­breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
and a pair of cuckoos (Cuculus canorus),
something we were all excited to see.
We also found two drinker moth caterpillars
(Euthrix potatoria), beautiful insects of black,
hazel and amber. Over the day we were
fortunate enough to see an otter (Lutra lutra)
too. It was hard to tell the gender, but we
enjoyed watching it dive.
Heather explained that when a dark shape in
the water was hard to distinguish, otters
always show their tail when they dive under
while seals do not.