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"Look! There's a sea eagle over there!" I'm enjoying a nice cup of tea and cake when I glance out the window of the Elizabeth G and spot the eagle, the fourth largest in the world, soaring above. I dash outside, all thoughts of lemon drizzle cake forgotten. I'm on the Elizabeth G, a small cruise boat operated by Hebrides Cruises, on a six-day wildlife trip out of Oban around the Small Isles. The white-tailed eagle is being mobbed by a raven off the coast of Mull. It's a huge bird, which makes the raven look no bigger than a garden blackbird.

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