There's not much I like about winter but one of its few advantages is that we see the sunrises. They say that a red sky in the morning is the shepherd's warning but today's opened a beautiful day, with only a little high cloud....
....to mar the morning which, almost inevitably, we spent at Littleferry.
The tide was high while we were there and in the mouth of the loch we found....
....masses of oystercatchers which, unfortunately, we disturbed, though they were....
....back quick enough, this time settling on a shingle bank where they were much less likely to be disturbed.
In all, there must have been upward of two hundred of them, which suggests they've had a good breeding season. Also on display in numbers were....
....eider, patrolling the entrance to the loch in formations. At this time of year the....
....males are very smart.
On our way home we stopped for a few minutes to sit on a bench and look out across the inner pool of Loch Fleet where some duck had collected - in this picture they're just visible along the waterline in front of the house. We couldn't get close to them but we were able to distinguish mallard as well as....
....the first widgeon we've seen this season. It was also good to see....
....a small flock of redshanks, a species which hasn't been around for some time.
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