I took a walk along the coast path towards Dunrobin Castle this morning, at least in part to see whether there was much sign of the passing through of Storm Ashley - which there wasn't, the only 'damage' being in one or two places where shingle from the beach had been thrown up across the path, and to....
....the bird life. There were fewer cormorants than usual on their favourite roosting rocks, a few gulls, some crows, and the resident flock of rock doves. Of the waders, I saw three curlews and....
....only one oystercatcher which seemed so weary that it was as unperturbed by the breaking waves of a rising tide as it was by my close approach.
Storm Ashley aside, we do seem to have many fewer shore birds at the moment. I haven't seen a redshank in ages, and the numbers of oystercatchers and curlews seems considerably down compared to last year.
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