After a night of rain it dawned gloomy and misty but soon
cleared into the most magnificent day: bright, warm and sunny with fabulous
light. The light on the Firth tonight as
I write is beautiful and it is flat calm.
We have just sat outside the van with our preprandials enjoying the view
and the beautiful evening.
Only two dolphins turned up this morning, although very
close in. Unfortunately there were no
breaching displays although I again secured some pleasing images.
After lunch outside in the sun we went for a walk up the
Fairy Glen where we had amazing views of a very tame dipper and a couple of
grey wagtails. The woods were beginning
to take on warm Autumn hues now and at the end of the glen was a delightful
waterfall. From here we drove back over
to Udale Bay where I enjoyed an excellent hour’s birding: common and
black-headed gulls aplenty, half a dozen herons, several curlews, a few
bar-tailed godwits and a single black-tailed, teal and large numbers of wigeon
in various states of moult. It always
makes my spine tingle to hear the whistle of wigeon carrying over water or
marsh. A mile or so up the loch was a large
raft of scaup which even allowed some photography.
To view large, please click on an image.
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| Bottle-Nosed Dolphins |
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| Bottle-Nosed Dolphins |
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| Bottle-Nosed Dolphins |
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| Bottle-Nosed Dolphins |
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| Bottle-Nosed Dolphins |
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| Amazingwhat turns up when waiting for dolphins |
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| Sea Kayaking, Moray Firth |
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| Sea Kayaking, Moray Firth |
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| Sea Kayaking, Moray Firth, Fort George, home of the Black Watch in the background |
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| Sand Patterns |
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| Sea Kayaking, Moray Firth |
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| Waiting for Dolphins |
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| Fairy Glen Waterfall |
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| Fairy Glen Waterfall |
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| Fairy Glen Reflection |
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| Fairy Glen Reflection |
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| Fairy Glen |
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| Scaup, Udale Bay |
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| Scaup, Udale Bay |
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| Unreal colours at sunset |
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