Christine's walking & birds blog

The rain cleared away at midday and we enjoyed a walk along the beach and round the machair, seeing four curlews and a few ringed plover and dunlin. A wader went winging maniacally away towards the sea with a trilling call - I've no idea what it was. As we ate lunch at Badentarbat, dolphins were leaping far out towards Tanera Mor. Back at the junction lay-by I saw a redshank in the channel and some small waders on the far bank. Walking down past the rams' field I leaned on the gate and spotted two sanderling.....

.....which was nice because I've seen hardly any this year.