Saturday, October 03, 2015
Yet another trip to the east coast yesterday. The weather was bright and sunny but a cold wind had sprung up. A drive to Alturlie brought the season's first scaup.
It was almost lost among the hundred or so wigeon. Then a slender duck flew along the firth and landed on the choppy water, giving me only my second sighting of pintail in Scotland.
A single teal was also present; and around 100 redshanks were being gradually pushed up the beach by the incoming tide. Then we went to see The Martian (which was quite good fun) and drove home in the dark - watching out for the pale ghostly shapes of red deer near the road on the high ground of the Dirrie Mor.
// posted by Christine @ 3:16 PM 
