Glenelg 28 May 2013

 Crossing over from Skye to Glenelg on the wee ferry which a week later celebrated its anniversary. Was it a hundred years or something like that?



 Looking eastward to the mouth of Glen More.



 Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)


 Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris) ? - needs checking.



 Lousewort (Pedicularis sylvatica); would it be daft to ask whether it might be Marsh Lousewort?



 Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) with a visitor.



 Marsh Marigold Moth (Micropterix calthella)



 Elton John



 Thingy again (we all know what it is).



  Green-veined White (Pieris napi)







 Common Dog Violet (Viola riviniana), or maybe Heath Dog Violet (Viola canina)?



 Stuff



 More Wood Sorrel.



 Identified, like most things on this blog, by Steve as the Dor Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).



 Young piney thing.



 It does look rather boring but we still need to check it out.



 Another unprepossessing entity but all of reality is contained within it.



 A lovely flower with an oddly unattractive name that I can't quite remember.











 Eider (Somateria mollissima)



 Tarskavaig







 Polestar - Leith



High tea

April Skye 2013

2nd
Looking west across the head of Loch Sligachan at low tide to the eastern ridge of the Black Cuillin.



 Waterfall above Loch Sligachan.


5th
 Just a small part of one of many fires started at this time of the year by crofters. Lots of people don't like  them because of the harm to wildlife, amongst other reasons, but it's legal and their opinion is ignored. This particular fire had three fire engines in attendance, courtesy of taxpayers.


21st
 Juvenile White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)



 Eaglin about.










23rd
 Young Black-Headed Gull on Loch Portree



Digging for emeralds.

Neist Point 2013

9th June

 The northern cliffs of Neist Point which is where all the fulmars and kittiwakes nest; the former greatly outnumber the latter. Note the millions of years of rock layering.



 A juvenile European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)



 Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)































 Razorbill (Alca torda)



 Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)



 Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)



 Razorbill







Lots of Manx Shearwater 



 Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)



 Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa trydactila) (banana beaks)



 Kittiwake



 Human artifact near the lighthouse.







 Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)



 Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)







Big noisy bird