Monday, October 04, 2021
We escaped the gloom and drizzle of the west coast and drove east. A walk along the sandy beach at Cromarty with the sun sparkling on the sea was pleasant, but it brought no birds. Udale Bay was noteworthy for a juvenile peregrine feeding on something unseen which a hooded crow was trying to share, and for six whooper swans flying up the firth and disappearing over farmland.
We're more used to seeing mute swans here.