Oban

The Isle of Mull has become famous through programmes like BBC Springwatch and Coast. Anyone familiar with BBC Natural History documentaries will know the name Gordon Buchanan - Mull is his home.

As I am from England it is only right to mention a bit about the weather, and I couldn't have been luckier. While the week started out with everything from cloud, high winds, rain, hail and snow, after a few days it turned into wall to wall sunshine and crystal clear nights. With very little light pollution star gazing here rivals that of when I visited the west coast of Mexico - stunning!

So on the first night in the Craignure Inn I was keen to find out more about Mull and where we would be going to look for Otters. It was on this first night that I heard a rumour about Otter behaviour that was completely new to me - apparently I'd arrived in 'frogging fortnight'! Otter sightings had been fleeting for the last week or so and the theory is for a couple of weeks a year, around April, many disappear up into the hills to look for and eat frogs. With this news my first week on Mull and the hope of photographing Otters didn't bode well...