A picture courtesy of my sister Imke as that’s me in the picture. This is near Ardnave (you can see Killinallan farm on the other side of Loch Gruinart in the distance), where we went for a short walk along the shore. Here I’m trying to take a picture of a Tern (at least that’s what I think it was), but there were a variety of birds in the area. We also heard a Corncrake in the area, although we never managed to see it.
On the way to Gortantaoid walkers have just passed Killinallan Point and have turned east. The entrance to Loch Gruinart is just visible in the distance looking west.
An October 2013 view from the new birdwatching hide at RSPB Gruinart. The Barnacle Geese had only a arrived a week before and were almost all staying at Gruinart at the time. They were also quite jumpy, providing an amazing spectacle again and again when thousands of them lifted off at the same time.