Monday, January 01, 2024
A long-tailed duck (drake) flew up Loch Broom at 13.03, so far away that it was just a dark speck moving very fast and low over the water.
I didn't know what it was at first, felt it looked duck-like, thought "scoter", and clicked off a shot. It was the most interesting thing I saw today, apart from a very degraded carcass at Ardmair which I think was that of a common dolphin; but although I searched from the river spit and all along the beach to Ullapool harbour, I failed to relocate the long-tailed duck.
// posted by Christine @ 10:11 AM 
