Wednesday, February 28, 2018
About four inches of snow fell overnight, with frequent flurries throughout the day. During a sunny interval on our walk, I snapped an icy Ullapool River with Ullapool Hill in the background.
But by the time we'd made our way round the spit, another lot was on the way from the east, with great dark clouds moving down the loch towards the sea; so we put bins and camera away and trudged home.
Forty chaffinches were present in the garden along with smaller numbers of siskin, redpoll, starling, dunnock, robin, blackbird, song thrush, goldfinch, greenfinch, and house sparrow. I haven't seen a wren here for some time, so I hope these tiny birds are still surviving somewhere.
It's interesting to see that two other Jack snipe were recorded recently in the Highlands; one on Skye on the same day I saw mine, and one in Inverness the day after. Perhaps there was a small movement around this time.
It's 11 pm. I'd say there's now 6 inches of snow lying - and it's still snowing.
// posted by Christine @ 3:09 PM 
