Day 4 in Scotland started with a return to Loch of Kinnordy - and it was well worth it. Amongst the birds seen were a male Smew in all his sleek glory and a glorious flock of about 250 Chaffinches and Bramblings (in roughly equal parts) accompanied by goldfinches, greenfinches, siskin and a robin. I've seen big flocks like this before in Dorset but never at such close quarters. Sadly no photo can ever do justice to a sky full of fast moving birds with hundreds of tiny wings beating fast and the air thick with tiny voices. Earlier on a flock of about 150 Greylag geese had come over - similar but somehow not so delicate :)
There were Greylag and Pink Footed geese too, Whooper Swans, a male Goldeneye and some elusive Lesser Redpoll
On the A9 at Drumochter Pass: Golden Eagle, Black Grouse, Raven and Red Deer - all too fleeting for pictures sadly. But sunshine too - so some HDR scenery follows when I have sufficent internet to allow the upload :-(
Fort William tonight - tomorrow - the Ardnamurchan peninsula...
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