Sunday, January 22, 2017
A day spent indoors was cheered by two (possibly three) bramblings feeding with the other finches in the garden. (The misty appearance of the pictures reminds me that I must clean the window.)
Yesterday it was also cold but blue skies and sunshine lured me out. I snapped the stonechat at Brae of Achnahaird through the car window, while waiting in a passing place for a car leaving the beach car park.
Way over on the far side of the bay, a long-tailed duck was associating with two black guillemots.
At least four great northerns were present, and a shag surfaced quite close to where I was eating my lunch on the rocks and gave me a startled look. Must have decided I was harmless, as it carried on diving there.
Otherwise, it was rather quiet.
// posted by Christine @ 7:40 AM 
