Wednesday, January 06, 2021
A cold and sometimes icy walk across a deserted golf course ended on the beach. Scanning the sea brought nothing but shags, Eider ducks, and a distant great northern diver; but further round in the mouth of the river, was my first merganser of the year. Something else was diving near it - a male goldeneye.
But I was looking into the sun. By the time I'd made my way round to the other side, the goldeneye was in the company of eight goosanders - seven males and a female.
This was my first goldeneye in Ullapool.
// posted by Christine @ 7:16 AM 
