Sunday, February 08, 2015
Yesterday was very cold but bright, so we drove south again to Rogie Falls and walked the loop. The siskins were still there feeding in the larches. Also seen; one brambling, a goldcrest, a treecreeper, a great spotted woodpecker, ravens, and coal, blue, and long-tailed tits.
Today was greyer so I drove a little way north for a bit of lay-by birding. A male stonechat was seen on a post at the side of the road. At Ardmair there were eighteen ringed plovers hunkered down on the cold, windy beach, while two turnstones hunted along the water's edge. Near Knockan the reedy loch looked partly thawed and partly iced over, but anyway two whooper swans were finding something to feed on there.
Back in Ullapool there was nothing in the harbour so I drove round the high road to look down on the spit. A bunch of greylag geese on the empty camp-site made me stop and scan from the car - and sure enough, the two bean geese were also there.
Just beyond them a drake goosander was diving close in but I failed to get it in any of the shots. We spent the afternoon clearing out the office, which has become a complete tip.
// posted by Christine @ 11:25 AM 
