Monday, November 10, 2014
A frosty night was followed by a day of sunshine and blue skies. Nice, but crisp! A trip to Achnahaird brought the usual suspects, too far away for any snaps (not that I didn't try!). A solitary golden plover foraged uneasily out on the saltmarsh. Four whooper swans were on one of the lochs.
I drove home through a loch-and-mountain landscape bathed in golden light. A flock of birds flying along the top of a high cliff turned out to be fieldfare.
I walked a little way up the Stac Pollaidh path; this stonechat was one of several seen over the course of the day.
Ravens were flying and soaring over the pinnacles of Stac Pollaidh. It won't be long before they're breeding, I suppose.
But the bird of the day is a rather humble one. As I approached Ardmair, a long-tailed bird flew across the road in front of me and landed on a rock behind me. There was nowhere to pull in, but the bird was undoubtedly a magpie. First one I've seen on the north-west coast.
// posted by Christine @ 9:34 AM 
