Stopping off at Garbh Eilean hide again there was virtually nothing on the water. Plenty of
Common Seals on the island and in the Loch itself. 3 birders then turned up whom Bud took a dislike to. No idea why but possibly because they came upon us suddenly, or possibly because they were carrying tripods etc. After apologising he calmed and they were great. Hope you all have a good week gents.
At Strontian we stopped at the little Cafe I’d been to before next to the shop. Delicious coffee and veggie breakfast, and great value too. The old man gave the thumbs up for his bacon and haggis roll. Whilst the boys went to the park, myself, my father and Bud walked up alongside the river. Upstream of the second bridge was a group of
Mallard. I did pick out one which had potential but we were peering through extremely thick vegetation and the birds were in eclipse plumage. I’ve heard there are now a few hybrids around as well. The birds were spooked and unfortunately,
Black Duck has to remain off my life list... for now:-C
From here we headed back to Sanna. Both the boys had a great time in the sea there. Can’t think of a nicer beach that I’ve been to anywhere. The old man spotted a
Twite and as we were leaving he also spotted a solitary
Red-throated Diver. The only diver of any species we’ve seen all trip!
From here we caught the ferry back and drove back to the cottage. Several
Common Buzzards lined the telegraph poles on the way. A glass of wine finished off the day nicely. B