Well, it looks like those months and months of clear blue skies, temperatures pushing the high 20s, gorgeous sunsets, and dinners outside overlooking the harbour may be over. Today on Canna we have gale force winds, mist, and the high probability of more rain.
I had a quick walk out with Bertie to the Point House to see what's occurring.
Lots of eider families out there in the harbour, the adults keeping a watchful eye as their offspring brave the wavy elements. A red-head Merganser flew over, which is the first I've seen here for a month or so.
There are loads of Rock Pipit fledglings around too, some of them being ridiculously confiding, and good numbers of Wheatears too.
Swallows around Point House look like they think they should have moved on to sunnier climes last week, while a group of young Shags out on the Point itself were trying to work out how to dry their wings in the rain-soaked blast.
A Grey Heron flew up from beneath the Point, looking more than ever like it was never designed to fly, and a Grey Seal bottle-nosed out in the bay. Gannets have come in to the harbour to fish the less choppy waters (they struggle to see fish beneath the surface on wild days out at sea).
Now at home I've had to take bird feeders down for fear of them blowing away, but the Siskins and Greenfinches seem happier feeding from the ground anyway right now. Still got a couple of Collared Doves come in to feed here at MacIsaacs, and a pair of Rock Doves have started bringing along their one fledgling of the year for the free grain.
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