Christine's walking & birds blog

The osprey was spotted eating a fish above the Moray Firth, the Kessock Bridge in the background.


A few hoodies were hanging around at the base of the osprey's perch picking up titbits; while curlews, lapwings, and redshanks foraged among the seaweedy rocks as the tide fell.

We stopped next on the bridge over the Cromarty Firth, where I was pleased to see terns fishing as I thought they'd all left. It was a warm and pleasant day so far; but while we were in Tesco in Dingwall, the sky darkened ominously and the rain began to fall as we ran for the car.

And the rain continued to fall hard all the way home, although it eased off slightly as we dropped from the Dirrie Mor. Streams and waterfalls raced down the hillsides like silver ribbons, and there were huge puddles in places across the road.