Christine's walking & birds blog

A bird was sitting on the cairn up on Cnoc Mor as we made our way back across the cliffs. Ravens are sometimes active round that top and a buzzard isn't unlikely. But by the time we'd reached the car park, it became clear that the bird was a peregrine falcon.


There was no snow at sea level out in Coigach but it was pretty cold, and shining wet patches on the sand were frozen and slippery. Our walk around the dunes and across the beach had brought nothing but a handful of meadow and rock pipits, and a great northern diver, so the peregrine was a welcome sight.