Christine's walking & birds blog

A shopping trip to Inverness having been brought to a speedy conclusion, we drove out to Alturlie to find loads of wigeon and smaller numbers of teal close in on the high tide. Best of all, tree sparrows were once again present and I managed a less-than-sharp picture when they perched momentarily on the edge of the ploughed (harrowed?) field where they had been feeding. 

Just before we drove away a flock of at least 20 birds flew over to the next field; they seem from a poor photo I took to be mostly if not all tree sparrows. That would be the highest count I've had here.