Sunday, April 28, 2024
A trip to Keanchulish Estate brought four dunlin foraging in the tide-wrack - not my first of the year, but the earlier ones were winter-grey and these are showing a little colour.
On the way home, I turned into the Rhidorroch Estate road at the top of Morefield Hill, and drove on to the recycling centre. High up, a cuckoo came flying strongly from Ullapool Hill and I lost it behind the plantation. I walked out onto the moorland and realised two birds were cuckooing in the distance. Then one came flying towards me, landing on the fence nearby.
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Back in Ullapool, the most interesting thing was a dead fish on the slippery green beach.
Just about succeeding in keeping my footing, I got closer and took a picture from a different angle, showing the huge head.
I think it's a monkfish (Lophius americanus) which is, apparently, of the anglerfish family.
// posted by Christine @ 12:16 PM 
