Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Greger's car had developed a crack in the windscreen, so we headed for Autoglass in Inverness. Having been dropped off in the city centre, I looked around the shops and then walked down to the river, where a flood protection scheme is underway along both banks.
We saw goosanders on the River Ness in the spring, so I was hoping for some today. As I looked downstream from the bridge, I saw a tiny bird darting out into the water, diving, and then returning to the bank, not far from men at work.
No doubt about it - it was a dipper.
The Greig Street footbridge is a suspension bridge; and the moment someone sets foot on either end, it begins to wobble or vibrate and continues to wobble or vibrate the whole time they're on it - making it very difficult to hold a camera still! And there was nowhere else I could get a snap from.
Then the gulls all went up, and with them (bottom right in the pic) was a possible goosander.
However, a snatched shot (just as two ladies in post office uniforms came trundling over the bridge with big square trollies full of parcels or something, bouncing the bridge, me, and the camera up and down) shows that it was actually a merganser.
We did a bit more shopping and then went to the movies. We bought tickets for an afternoon performance of The Imitation Game, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing. It was engrossing and enjoyable, and at the end Greger needed the Kleenex.
// posted by Christine @ 3:04 PM 
