Robert McMillan is a retired police officer who moved to Skye in 2004 and has since dedicated himself to ornithology. He has served with the Scottish Raptor Study Group, Scottish Ornithologists’ Club and British Trust for Ornithology, and has published and contributed to numerous ornithological papers and the annual Highland Bird Report. In 2005 he published Skye Birds, now in its third edition, and maintains the long-running website www.skye-birds.com.