NW Scotland - Divers at Clashnessie Bay

Clashnessie Bay is a good place to see divers.  Over the years I have seen three species, most often the Red Throated, with a little less often, the beautifully marked Black Throated.  On rare occasions  I have been lucky enough to see the Great Northern, but these are always at a distance (last a juvenile in June 2016).

 

This year in June it was the turn of the Red Throated....

 

.....Whilst the last Black Throated was in June 2015.

NW Scotland - Beautiful Clashnessie

Photos of Clashnessie Bay at the beginning of the month on a sunny day.  This is amongst my favourite beaches in NW Scotland.

 

Ripples in the river reflecting the light.

 

A screenshot from a cine film my father took in 1966 with my brother and me on the right. My younger brother was happy to play with his toy motor launch, as was I.  No video games then!

 

NW Scotland - Clashnessie and Eddrachillis Bay

More photos of the NW of of Scotland in September this year

 

Beautiful Classnessie Bay.  Apparently the cottge here featured in a Snowcem advert.

Ripples in the river catching the light as it ran across the sand into the sea.





 

Eddrachillis Bay from near Drumbeg with the island of Handa in the background.  Pity the visibility was not better

 

Nearby, autumn colours of the bracken and heather frame this lone Red Deer Stag surveying the moor at the begining of the rut as the light begins to disapperar.

Scotland - Beautiful Clashnessie Bay Pt 2

 

More views of the beach in June

 

Rockpool, sea and sky

 

Sea Snails brushing aside the thin coating of sand on a rock in a pool, leaving a trail of their trips.

 

The intricate pattern of ripples of a shallow stream crossing the sand frozen by the camera



Scotland - Beautiful Clashnessie Bay Pt 1

Beautiful Clashnessie Bay in June

 

A cloud marked sky, shining wet sand and colourful sea

 

Common Gulls riding the waves...

 

...feeding in the seaweed at the edge of the sea at low tide...

 

...and moving off down the beach.