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barnacle goose, bottlenose dolphin, common gull, cormorant, Ctomarty, dolphin, guillemot, lapwing, mallard, Moray Firth, oystercatcher, RSPB
Early afternoon on the Monday, we arrived at Cromarty to see this:
A bit of a comedown after the beauty of the Highlands we’d been in for two days. But we were soon kitted out in heavy waterproofs, and moved to our boat.

An excellent design, giving stability when you stand up. Wouldn’t want to sit that way for longer than the couple of hours we did though.
Out into the Moray Firth, to see dolphins and sea birds.

Guillemots in the background

I’ve not cropped out the fingers, to show how close to the boat the dolphins came.

Cormorants and guillemots

I was pleased to catch a bottlenose dolphin’s face.

The tail end of a jump

I like a nice bit of geology

Common gulls

Three dolphins being playful near the boat

World War II fortifications

We thought this flight was of barnacle geese.
We were all very happy bunnies afterwards.

Venetia, Margaret (whose knowledge of birds was extraordinary), Alan, Margaret, Karen, Judy, Elisabeth, Joyce
To finish off the afternoon, we drove to an RSPB reserve at Udale Bay.

Common gulls

Oystercatcher, lapwing, mallard
Love the seating on the boat – genius! And great shots of the dolphins. Isn’t it touching that they seem to like humans. If only they knew! XX
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One of the great experiences of my life remains having swum with dolphins off the Florida coast – 25 years ago!
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Another great outing. The geology was quite stunning.
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As I say, I like a nice but of geology!
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Great post with some stunning pictures, what a day out you must have had.
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And the day hadn’t finished…
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Look forward to the next post.
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This evening!
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Sophie would like a picture of the Loch Ness Monster while you are up that way please.
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Sorry Sophie, I’m back down South now. And we were a bit far away from Loch Ness. I’ll try next time.
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What an exciting trip – so much to see, and amazing geological formations among the rocks. No wonder the group was happy.
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It had been a very good outing!
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Très ingénieux, ces sièges. Et quelle journée ! Tu as certainement repensé au sud de la Tasmanie, non ? Avec les dauphins en plus !
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Et il restait la soirée…
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