I think this outing had already been cancelled twice because of wet and windy weather so it was a case of grabbing a brief window of blue sky opportunity which opened unexpectedly.
The eastern edge of Loch Bharcasaig as it merges into the much larger Loch Bracadale.
Looking south east across Loch Bracadale to what could be Harlosh Island in the foreground and Wiay behind that, but I'm not certain.
I think this is an Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea), given that the beak colour is more dark red than orange, as is the case with the common tern (Sterna hirundo). Also the beak of the common tern is black at the end whereas this appears not to be. The white forehead suggests a juvenile though the juvenile usually has a black beak, so maybe this is a sub-adult.
This must be an adult (black forehead) and the dark trailing edge on the wing is characteristic of the Arctic tern.
I think this is a juvenile northern gannet (Morus bassanus) but I'm not certain (confirmed on iSpot).
Another one for iSpot - Suillus spp. and Suillus grevillei (Larch bolete- edible).
I would guess a common earth-ball (Scleroderma citrinum) - none-edible - a bag of black dust (spores).
Identified on iSpot as Coprinus (ink cap family) and as Coprinellus micaceus (glistening ink cap - edible)
(Eurasian) Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dogfish
A bit of Cuillin far away.
Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle) already in winter plumage.
Black guillemot
Shag (European) Phallacrocorax aristotelis
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