The Day's Excitement

Winter does have a few 'up sides', one of which is being able to sit up in bed some mornings and watch the sun make a gory mess of the southeastern sky. Sadly, as soon as the sky had recovered from this extravagance, grey clouds rolled across and stayed over us all day.

We had just finished lunch when this bird flew by. It was some distance away, out over the Moray Firth, but I'm pretty sure it's a sea eagle as it ticks the following boxes:

            - wide wings;

            - wings with a slow, almost leisurely flap;

            - wedge-shaped tail;

             - some sign of white on the tail.

It's a welcome sight. I just wish it would come a little closer next time it flies along the Golspie shore.