Friday, September 16, 2016
Yesterday was warm and often sunny, but with clouds sometimes down on the hills and a persistent mist over the sea. Greger spotted an otter slipping into the water at the end of Loch Raa; it was joined by a second one and they hauled out at the far side of the bay and disappeared.
Dunlin, ringed plover, and a solitary golden plover were feeding on the cliff-tops, giving novel views of waders on the skyline.
A walk through the dunes and across the beach brought no new waders; but twenty-eight pink-footed geese flying south were our first of the autumn.
Later, on the western side of the headland, I spotted a roe deer on the grassy slope of Isle Ristol (innermost of the Summer Isles).
It possibly swam across the narrow stretch of water between Old Dornie harbour and the island; but doubts that the island could provide sufficient cover for the deer were dispelled when it walked up into the patch of bracken above - and vanished.
// posted by Christine @ 5:44 AM 
