This morning we walked one of our favourite walks, one which, when we lived at the other end of the village, we probably did three or four times a week - north along the coast path that heads for Wick and John o' Groats, a path which passes below Dunrobin Castle. These days we walk it far too rarely but we enjoy it because there are....
....a variety of different habitats along a relatively short section of path. This small open area, as well as being by far the coldest section in the winter months, is also the only place locally where we've found ringlet butterflies. Sadly, we didn't find any ringlets today - it's probably still too cold and breezy - but we did see the first....
....common blue of the year, a female.
We also saw a small skipper and, later, when we returned home....
....a rather moth-eaten red admiral.
We walked as far as the gate which leads out from the forestry which surrounds the castle into open farm fields, to find that recent erosion had almost undermined one of the gate posts, obliging the farmer, for safety's sake, to....
....knock down part of the wall to allow walkers easy access to his land.
We didn't see much in the way of wildlife. With the tide high, most of the shore birds were elsewhere though there were a few oystercatchers around, one of which, from the way it was sitting and moving the stones around it, might have been on its nest.
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