A rare fine day!

Fine days have been rarer than white-winged gulls here in the last few months. Appropriate then, on such a beautiful afternoon, that an immature Iceland Gull (probably the long-stayer, but couldn't be sure) dropped in at Cotehill Loch among a mass of other gulls having a break from following the plough.

An evening walk on Forvie produced a minor surprise in the form of the white male Hen Harrier, whom I hadn't seen for weeks and presumed had moved on.

Hen Harrier. Centre of picture. Honest guv!

The week's highlight for me so far was (in patch terms) a rare sighting of a Tawny Owl - it was sat on the parapet of the Bridge of Forvie late last night as I was passing in the car. Incidentally, several Short-eared Owls are still performing well in the locality, especially around the Forvie Centre.