Christine's walking & birds blog

A group of Eider diving together in the harbour.


We drove out to Craggie with our cross-country skis, and although much of the snow of yesterday had melted from the lower level moorland, the forest tracks up here were still covered and the snow was crunchy and perfect. The skis just swished along.


I didn't swish as far as Greger though, because of my knee. I tend to fall over a lot when I ski. The gate above me is a nuisance, as without it, we would have had a clear downhill run back to the car, gently levelling out before the road.


Loch Borralan was iced over with a layer of snow, so there were no water birds to be seen.


In fact the only birds we saw were robins, coal tits, blue tits, and my first goldcrest of the year.