Monday, August 14, 2017
Saturday: In a shallow lagoon left by the falling tide, eleven dunlin were intent on feeding.
This despite the fact that they were sandwiched between us walking past and a large group of men running into the sea nearby, shouting (women going into very cold water tend to tiptoe in shrieking, while men tend to rush and holler!).
We had already seen some black-bellied dunlin on the machair, but these pretty little things seemed to be juveniles. Two sanderling then flew in, but seemed ill-at-ease with all the activity on the beach and flew off again.
There were also many wheatears in the sheep fields and the dunes - some at least of them probable migrants.
A small bunch of curlews flew about making beautiful music; and only one bonxie was seen.
// posted by Christine @ 5:01 AM 
