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Things seen around the Coigach peninsula.

XC weather showing 100% cloud cover for the eclipse.
Grey on grey, rain overflowing from roof guttering.
A weather station graph showing 7cm of rainfall for the last 24hrs .
A Shellduck striking a pose
A Shellduck and her 7 new chicks .
A Black-tailed Godwit having a snooze with a Mallard.
A Sea Eagle gliding above a grey calm sea.
A Whimbrel spotting something for lunch.
A male Pintail duck on and in calm water .
A Heron hunched up having a sleep so only it's back is visible.
A lovely character drawn by Happy Toast, standing on books keeking out the window.
A brown moth snuggled into the trumpet of daffodil.
Looking down the centre of an old fence post strainer that has rotted away leaving the knots whole.
A whale's spine on beach stones with vertebrae bigger than my wellington.
Sundogs over the Summer Isles, Coigach, Wester Ross.
A stoat on a post eating Jammy Dodgers and butter at night.
A Heron standing in the evening sunshine being reflected calm water.
A stoat climbing up a rylock fence at night .
A sorry we couldn't deliver your parcel message from Evri with a photo of a slab of wood , a dessert or just a smear.
An Eagle being chased by 2 Gulls with a car aerial Bee looking gigantic in the foreground.
A couple of Snow Buntings seemingly posing for an 80s duo album cover.
2 very grumpy Mallards definitely blaming me for the snow.
2 Long Tailed Ducks bobbing through the waves.
An icy road with a full moon peeking through a snow cloud.
Looking out over a very calm blue/grey landscape without even the tiniest speck of whale visible
A broken phone screen that looks like a Vampire about to land.
A green glow and dancing streaks of the Northern lights around the Plough.
A soaking wed sheep looking very sorry for itself.
Thousands of big flies zooming by a window.
A Sea Eagle and the carcass of a Mallard.
2 Sea Eagles taking off and flying low for a short distance.
A couple of Sea Eagles against a grey sky.
A black sky with tiny specks of light , none of which seem to be comets.
A lump of driftwood full of big worm holes.
A little Water Shrew running about the grass .
An Otter sttting at the edge of the water and scratching its ear.
A survey giving choice of 3 fame hungry,headline hunting characters and asking which I prefer as Prime Minister.
A Sea Eagle being harassed by a gull.
Grass, rocks,sea and sky different shades of grey and green.
A white tall ship on a calm blue sea.
A large Brittle Star with a glove for comparison.
Oystercatchers, Knots and Black tailed Godwits resting on a tiny island.
A well boat and a bird in a stormy sea.
A Bar Headed Goose well camouflaged among rocks.
Black Guillemots on a cliff face showing very red feet and gape.
A pair of Shelducks with their 5 ducklings.
A Gooseberry leaf riddled with tiny holes and sawfly larvae.
2 adult greylag geese on the water with their 5 fresh goslings.
An eagle flying above the sea with a gull in its claws.
A Mandarin duck.
Looking along a single-track road, the sun is in the corner trying to shine through thick smoke.
Whooper swans on an island, 4 asleep and 1 on watch.
Sea Eagle flying in a grey sky.