Christine's walking & birds blog

A knot was still present this morning on Ullapool golf-course spit - seen here across the river at high tide.
The water was very calm and covered in white and black dots - gulls, kittiwakes, and auks; razorbills were certainly present, but most were too far away to ID with bins. I drove round to the golf-club car park and walked down to the beach. The knot was fairly relaxed this time but I found it difficult to focus on among all the boulders.

Other waders seen: oystercatchers, 1 redshank, and 1 curlew. A passer-by told me there were turnstone further back along the beach but I couldn't be bothered to walk on. And then, after much searching, I finally found the Sabine's gull and took a shot through the long grass.

Unfortunately I wasn't as invisible behind the grass as I'd hoped and the gulls all went up as one. I left then but looking back, saw the gulls and kittiwakes resettling - although whether the Sabine's was there, I've no idea. Hope so :o(