We enjoyed a day out today along the banks of the River Cassley half-an-hour's drive to the west of Golspie, at a point where the river, having dropped steadily, suddenly....
....plunges over a series of falls, the Achness Falls, before running through Rosehall to join the Oykel in the Strath of Sutherland. Inevitably at this time of year the waters are being....
....thrashed by the lines of hopeful salmon fishermen who, we gathered, were having a poor day. However, we did notice that, as soon as the fishermen had abandoned a run and moved elsewhere, the salmon started jumping in joy.
This little bird intrigued us. It's one of the smaller waders, perhaps a sanderling or a juvenile of one of the other species. It sat on its rock in the middle of the river emitting a plaintive peep-peep.
The strath through which the Cassley flows has some fine glacial features including this textbook roche moutonnee, plucked at the left hand end by a glacier moving from right to left. However, my main interest, as always, was in the wildflowers, for we saw....
....the first bog asphodel of the year and some of the finest....
....heath spotted orchids we've seen in Sutherland.
We enjoyed a day out today along the banks of the River Cassley half-an-hour's drive to the west of Golspie, at a point where the river, having dropped steadily, suddenly....
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