A grey cold day at RSPB Mersehead
Barnacle Geese
We decided on a walk along the shore towards Southerness
Looking back towards Sandyhills
Reeds in the sea
Mersehead sign
Beach finds
Dunlin?
Deserted beach
Tide now quite high and very cold so headed back to the Meida hide…
…just in time for the Starling murmuration!
Great site…
…and great sounds!
Another trip to the beautiful RSPB Mersehead (before the tidal surge)
Over the gate, looking towards Criffel
11 Spot Ladybird
Rainbow Lane
Across the merse
Reed Bunting
Somethings disturbed the Barnies!
Mersehead Beach
Surprprised to find this diving beetle on the beach believed to be Acilius sulcatus
Geese on the fields
Distant Yellowhammer
St Andrews Day and that meant free entry to several Historic Scotland properties, which we booked online beforehand. A great opportunity to go to places we hadn’t been to in Dumfries and Galloway and to revisit one we had visited many years ago.
A beautiful sunny morning, although we knew it wasn’t going to last, we headed first for Sweetheart Abbey, New Abbey, somewhere we had yet to visit.
We next moved on to New Abbey Corn Mill, another place we had yet to visit. It is just a short walk from the abbey,so we left our car in the car park there.
Before leaving New Abbey, we popped in to Abbey Cottage a delightful gift shop and tearoom, and well worth a visit!
Our next stop was Caerlaverock Castle, which we had visited many years ago. Unfortunately by now the weather, as predicted wasn’t so good!
Thank you Historic Scotland, an excellent day out!
