Sounds like a nasty ailment I know, but this is the furthest southwest corner of Scotland where we stayed over the New Year week. The weather was mixed, but all in all we had a nice relaxing time, just walking when the sun shone, and watching DVDs when it didnt.
This is more of a photo post really. Of course there was an odd spell of birding...
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| The little one on the right is Seascape cottage where we stayed. A new place, very comfortable and as you can see, away from everything. |
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| Loch Ryan at Wig Bay. |
The Wig Bay was the best bit of birding during the week. The waters, when calm were full of wintering birds including -
6+ Slavonian Grebes, 3+ Great Crested Grebes, 2 Scaup, 30+ Red breasted Mergansers, 1 Tystie, 5+ Long tailed Duck, 3 Red throated Divers, 20+ Goldeneye, Eiders, Wigeon.
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| Stranraer Harbour. |
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| You dont expect to see this on 29th December! My latest ever Peacock butterfly. |
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| A large Starling roost of several thousand birds all crashed into two barns nearby. The noise from inside sounded like an aviary! |
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| Portpatrick Harbour |
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| Smugglers Cove, a troll shop in Portpatrick. |
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| A Hoodie at Wig Bay. It was with a hybrid Carrion x Hoodie nearby. |
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| This Black headed Gull came to chips at Stranraer Harbour. I must send off the ring details, but is says Volgel something Arnhem on the metal ring so it must be dutch...[Update - Ringed as a pulli ( nestling) in Holland on 4th June 2011. It has been wintering at Stranraer every since and summering in its natal colony.] |
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| The view from the cottage door, facing directly over towards Belfast, Northern Ireland on the horizon. |
2 comments:
I would go mad in that troll shop. I love the photo of the Starlings. Fabulous!
Hahaha yes OC you would have loved it in the shop. It was full of oddities and ornaments...
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