This was an outstanding day for bird watching, and a superb coastline, even though the going underfoot was difficult at times. Martin drove me back to Brora so that I could start out at 10:05. The path headed out to the golf course, and took me around its edge onto the coast. Ahead was a long sandy beach, and with the tide out it was possible to walk out on the sand. With signs asking you to avoid the sand dunes due to a colony of arctic terns, and stay close to the waterline this suited me fine. I watched an oystercatcher being chased by herring gulls for the food it had caught. Rather to my surprise it managed to shake them off and re-joined the other oystercatchers further back. A dunlin surprised me - even though I stopped within 2 metres of it it didn’t move. I was concerned that a dog was following me with its owners but it passed by without noticing it. I passed a lady who wanted to ask me where I was going, and then continued to cast doom and gloom on renewable energy, whe...