Christine's walking & birds blog

A walk up through the plantation as far as the stream brought just one black grouse, flying across the track and disappearing into the conifers. Returning to Ullapool, I found a black guillemot in the harbour, unusually close. It was diving every couple of minutes.


Other pictures of the guillemot show a clean white oval wing patch, so presumably it's an adult. I've seen three other BGs since the start of the year, already in full breeding plumage; this one is a bit behind. A rock pipit was also around the harbour.