On a still morning, warm under an overcast sky, on a walk along the shore between Golspie and Dunrobin Castle, we were amazed at how many seabirds were crowded along the waterline, mainly....
....common gulls, black-headed gulls and oystercatchers, most either asleep or preening themselves, along with a few....
....noisy and combative terns, possibly the sandwich terns we found here last year. All, like this tern pair, were in company with their young....
....these being, I think, juvenile black-headed gulls.
Closer in to the beach, amongst the rocks and seaweed, we found....
....dishevelled young oystercatchers and....
....half-a-dozen young ringed plovers, far more than we expected, so the few nests seem to have had a good year.
Just off the rocks, beyond the gull crowds, we spotted what might be a red-throated diver, a rare sighting.
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