Saturday, February 21, 2015
After high supertides yesterday and this morning, the machair at Achnahaird was dotted and slashed with pools and channels of water, and the waves were still bashing the rocks. Two great northern divers were fishing in the rough water. We walked across the cliffs when the rain stopped (or at least eased off) and saw a small bunch of waders land on the beach - ten ringed plovers and my first dunlin of the year.
On the calmer water at Badentarbat seven divers were keeping close company; but these were black-throated divers, in various stages of plumage. They were also my first of the year.
There were no geese at Ardmair, but a dozen or so grey geese were seen on the fields that slope down from the road at Morefield.
// posted by Christine @ 11:50 AM 
