Sunday, August 14, 2016


Eight wary sanderlings were at Achnahaird in dullish light early this morning, first on pebbles up on the machair.....


.....and later on the beach (the lower half of which was covered with seaweed complete with holdfasts, probably thrown up by a stormy sea).


There were at least 37 ringed plover, at least 13 dunlin, several common sandpipers, and three greenshanks.

The farmer and his dog round up the sheep. Nice office.


Meadow pipits were everywhere, many flying up from the roadsides as I drove by, so probably migrants. Three calling red-throated divers flew across the headland, and a wheatear was at Polbain.

// posted by Christine @ 11:25 AM
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