Saturday, January 30, 2016
The rook was one of several visiting the feeders yesterday and was snapped through the window.
Needless to say, no rooks turned up for the RSPB's Garden Birdwatch today; but I shouldn't complain. We got 11 species, including 35 chaffinches and 4 siskins. But the best was 5 herring gulls, which briefly came down onto the lawn for bread. They took me by surprise so I didn't get a photo.
I've taken the plunge and bought a new camera - a Canon Powershot SX60 HS, which is another bridge camera. We'll have to see if my pictures improve. Meanwhile, Greger used it to take this one of the glaucous gull from the car along West Shore Street.
A couple of auks - probably guillemots - were seen flying fast and low over the water, far out on the loch. But most gulls were hunkering down on the camp-site while in the village, an oystercatcher was having a vigorous bath in a puddle on the children's sports field.
// posted by Christine @ 9:58 AM 
