Christine's walking & birds blog

It was a lovely day and I felt sure we would see a wheatear. Our first was a single wary bird on the cliffs.


A second one was at Badentarbat, and four more were seen on the road-sides. Greger spotted yet another one at Old Dornie, quite a distance away in the sheep field.


An eighth wheatear (they were all males) was seen on a distant rock (its wide-open bill suggesting it was singing) as we returned to Achnahaird to scan the sea. This is one of three red-throated divers present in the bay.


Three great northern divers were also present, showing hints of summer plumage.


Lapwings were displaying over the salt-marsh where two nervy golden plover were feeding, and skylarks were singing and foraging everywhere, with the odd meadow pipit thrown in.