Thursday, June 09, 2016
The dunlin was one of two on the beach at Poolewe on this warm sunny day.
A saunter along the forest walk opposite Inverewe Gardens brought a very high spotted flycatcher.
At Little Gruinard I hoped for a whitethroat, as I saw one here two years ago; and sure enough I soon heard the rather scratchy song with an abrupt cut-off - the accompaniment to countless summer Ridgeway walks down south. There was also some more varied warbling, not unlike part of a garden warbler's song.
I then got sidetracked by insects in the grass and low vegetation, and eventually looked up only to see an adult white-tailed sea eagle flying strongly away from me to the south-west.
Typical.
// posted by Christine @ 1:13 PM 
