We've been walking more frequently recently along the coastline to the north of Golspie with its wintery views across the Dornoch Firth towards the lighthouse at Tarbat Ness. At the moment it's probably one of the best places around Golspie....
....for spotting coastal wildlife, including a small flock of cormorants and....
....rafts of eider. They're already beginning the mating game as, on a much more vigorous note, are the....
....long-tailed ducks, a species which is more common along Golspie's south beach but which we saw here for the first time today.
However, what we spend most time searching for in this wilderness of small pools and slick, seaweed-covered rocks is a glimpse of the resident otters. We know they come here, mostly because several people whom we have met along the path have reported seeing them but also because, unless I am mistaken, the....
....small piles of scat on top of prominent rocks and grassy tussocks at the back of the beach belong to otters.
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