Christine's walking & birds blog

In very strong winds at Ardmair an Iceland gull was with herring and common gulls, dip-feeding along the edge of the waves.


Back in Ullapool we parked on West Terrace and got out to look down at the river spit; but the wind was freezing cold and also made it impossible to hold the bins and camera still, so we soon got back in the car. Four probable Iceland gulls were present, three of which were washing and preening and being carried downstream by the river; after drifting for a while they would lift off and fly back upstream and start all over again. Eventually I was able to get a record shot of all four.




It seemed unlikely that the Iceland gull we'd been watching at Ardmair had flown to the river in the short time we'd taken to drive back - so it's possible there were five white-wingers in the area today.