A VIEW WITH SOME ROOM.

For three weeks I awoke to this view across the Atlantic.


Or occasionally this

SCOTCH MIST.
And in the evenings the sun went down about 10 30pm when I first got there.

THE LAST SUNSET.by the end of  my holiday it was 9.45pm.winter draws on.

Some regular visitors to the garden included willow and sedge warbler,swallows were nesting in the old croft building,rock doves the ancestor of all our feral pigeons were commonplace here,a family of ravens,hooded crows,which replace the carrion crow north of the Black Isle,curlew and oystercatcher in the field opposite.Sea watching from the garden bench produced gannet ,bonxie,shag black guillemot in addition to the usual gulls.

HOODED CROW

WILLOW WARBLER

CURLEW

SWALLOW

SEDGE WARBLER

FIVE HUNGRY SWALLOWS Unfortunately they all perished when for three days a cold wet spell meant there was no food available.

ROCK DOVE. I took my moth trap with me and caught some interesting species a selection  below

GARDEN TIGER

BURNISHED BRASS

THE DRINKER

BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN Y

GREEN CARPET

ANTLER MOTH &TRUE LOVERS KNOT

PURPLE BAR

GREY?

GOLD SPANGLE

So that was it, thanks to Graham and Elizabeth for the pleasure of their house and lovely dogs and to Paul,Julie and Sam at Armadale for their hospitality and the trip to the Sutherland county show.All that remained was the drive home a small matter of 750 miles.