Small Birds Along the Shoreline

The recent, persistent and strong easterlies, along with high tides, have damaged some of the sea defences in front of Dunrobin Castle and piled....

....great mounds of seaweed at the top of the beaches. In places this rotting weed is close against the stands of....

....sea buckthorn which are now laden with ripe, orange berries. Some of the small birds....

....such as the robins, seem to favour the buckthorn less for its fruit and more for the depth of its tangled protection, from which they can venture out to feed on the flies and other small creatures growing in the weed, but others, such as the recently-arrived....

....blackcaps, are very happy to feast on its berries.