Thursday, December 24, 2020
Down at sea level there'd been a frost overnight, and we had to clear ice from the car windscreen before setting off up to the dam. There we found a different world, with snow on the hills and moors and enough sunshine to make it twice as beautiful as we walked into a cold northerly wind.
Back in the village we drove round to West Terrace and scanned Loch Broom. There were quite a few shags, but one distant dark blob looked more duck-like to me. I couldn't be sure from the view through the bins, but a hugely optimistic photo, severely cropped, shows that it was a common scoter.
It was an enjoyable outing at the dam, although I felt a stab of envy when I saw walkers on the skyline across the road - but there was too much snow on the tops for us, and it must have been pretty cold up there, so I have to accept that we'll probably be waiting for spring before we can go hill-walking again. In any case, after tomorrow, we're "advised" to stay at home.
// posted by Christine @ 2:41 PM 
