This was the view looking due north from Golspie just before midnight last night. The sky wasn't quite light enough to be able to read a book but one could see our surroundings clearly so if, for example, the local roe deer had been feeding in the field beside our house we'd have been able to watch them.
By 4.45am, despite bright sunshine, the world was only just beginning to wake up. A grey heron from the nearby heronry was stalking the field but it was noticeable that, even though the sun was up, there wasn't another bird to be seen or heard. They seem to have very strict hours because by seven the small birds were attacking the peanut feeders.
Despite the bright start the morning turned cloudy with a brisk but warm southerly wind but by three in the afternoon the sun was out again so we walked into the grounds of Dunrobin Castle to check on the orchids along the drive to find that, where there had been five the other day, there is now a magnificent display of about thirty of what look like early marsh orchids - so good that other people were standing admiring it.
One of the other pleasures of the walk was coming across the first common blue butterfly of the year - this is a male. Common they may be but they're also uncommonly pretty.
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