Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The small wader on one of the spiky sandstone islands off Tarbat Ness was very distant, and mostly asleep; but it did occasionally lift its head to reveal the dark bill with orange base of a purple sandpiper.
Tree sparrows are also on the Tarbat Ness list, but again, this was our first sighting of them here - thanks to whoever keeps the bird feeders in the car park topped up! Some stunning yellowhammers were also present.
Stonechats were seen, but a skylark and a redshank were heard only. Many hundreds of pink-footed geese were grazing on the farm fields; it was tempting to scan the flock carefully for any "specials" but the light was going by now and it had started to rain, so we set off on the drive back west.
// posted by Christine @ 1:54 PM 
