Friday 18 May 2012

Port Charlotte

A day of patchy rain that wouldn't make up its mind in the morning. In the afternoon we wandered down the shore a little from the house to see what we could find. What we found was a little cove with waders. With some patience we had close encounters (but no Otters, which are to be found near there according to a holidaymaker we bumped into later).
But first, wildlife photography comes with its hazards. What I thought was a little scab was actually this little bloodsucker which had been on my arm for most of the week. He came off OK, probably because he was full!

Tick

Common Gull

Turnstone

Dunlin

Dunlin

Dunlin

Dunlin

Dunlin

Rock Pipit

Dunlin

Dunlin

Turnstone

Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Turnstone

Pied Wagtail

Dunlin

Turnstones and Dunlin

Meadow Pipit

Shelduck

Common Gull
When on holiday on Islay I heartily recommend spending hours rolling around in cold, rotting seaweed!
The things I do on holiday
Later, after we'd put all the camera stuff away ready for heading home the next day (and after predicting that we wouldn't have to worry about catching a sunset due to the weather) a fantastic, burning sunset descended over Islay. We quickly scurried off with a few cameras but a bit more preparation time would have produced much better shots.
Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte

Port Charlotte Hotel

Port Charlotte

Paps of Jura

2 comments:

  1. I found these very interesting.

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  2. Hi Gillian,
    My name is Jane and I'm with Dwellable.
    I was looking for blog posts about Port Charlotte to share on our site and I came across your post...If you're open to it, shoot me an email at jane(at)dwellable(dot)com.
    Hope to hear from you :)
    Jane

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