Monday, October 02, 2017
After a brief shopping visit to Inverness, we drove to Alturlie to look for tree sparrows - but the field which last autumn was full of stubble and bales had been planted with brassicas. I scanned the shore where loads of redshanks were feeding with oystercatchers and curlews, and found two little stints, hunched and fluffed up against the very strong wind and occasional shower.
We had bought some food and as it was fairly warm today (when you could get out of the wind!) we didn't look for anything else but headed for home.