Saturday, February 28, 2026

An absolutely beautiful day called me out, and I drove up to Knockan Crag; but I'd forgotten my Leki poles, and as I'm still a bit scared of slipping on wet grass and rocks I decided against walking the very steep geology trail. Driving back, I had a glimpse of a couple of birds on the narrow Loch Braigh nan Allt, lying next to the road but mostly hidden by a high bank. I pulled into a lay-by and walked back, but the birds had disappeared. Just to make sure, I clambered up onto the bank for a better view - and realised that I was standing on the remains of an old road, running parallel with the A835.

Looking south:


 Looking north:

I found the old road on its bank useful for the walk back to my car, although it didn't go all the way. I like old roads, and discovering this one made up for the loss of the birds.

I thought I'd check Loch Cul Dromannan as well - where I found a nice goldeneye.

I'm having problems with computers. On the new Big Mac, PAGES hangs up when I try to get into it, so I can't access the lists I keep there. I also have a few lists on the old Big Mac; I can't just print these out as the printer only links to the new Big Mac - and I can't transfer them to the new computer because documents automatically go into PAGES - which keeps hanging up. And if we get rid of the old Big Mac, they'll be lost. So I've photographed the list of Scottish hill-walking birds from the screen and, as February is fairly empty, I'm going to park it here. 

 













Quickly scanning the document, I noticed that I'd left out one memorable encounter - the adult dotterel  with two chicks on Ben Wyvis in June 2019.  Also, I've heard dotterel on two other hills but I can't recall when I did those particular walks - and my blog has become too sprawling to search through.  Perhaps it's time to stop. Meanwhile: When I try to type something into the search bar, SAFARI hangs up. I can sign into my blog, but the moment I try to type something - SAFARI hangs up. With both this and PAGES, a Report box flashes up on the screen - and promptly disappears again, so it's impossible to report it! I have to write my blog on the old machine, but I can't get the sizing of the photos right, so I have to do that on the new one (PHOTOS is, so far, still working!), and transfer them to my blog on the old one on a memory stick. It's mad - the old Big Mac works better than the new one - except for being compatible with the printer. I give up.


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Thursday, February 19, 2026

A very dozy purple sandpiper was on the golf-course spit just after high tide.



I managed to get a couple of shots as the other waders shuffled around, briefly waking the purple sandpiper - which also relocated slightly and then went straight back to sleep.
  


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