Mute Swans - Carnain

Loch Indaal from Carnain

Trochulus striolata - Strawberry snail

I suspect both of these snails are Trochulus striolata - the Strawberry snail.  Carnain.

Centipede sp.? No - I think this is Flat-backed Millipede - Polydesmus angustus

Flat-backed Millipede - Polydesmus angustus?

Carnain

The sun came out into a blue sky for a couple of minutes yesterday - reason enough to post a few snaps taken at Carnain as I was pedalling past....
Carl

Buzzard at the end of a lovely day....

What a day that was...  I think we had almost forgotten what islay can be like.  This Buzzard was on wires at Carnain....
Carl

Glorious Evening

Bowmore from Carnain this evening.  A hard frost is developing - Carl

Taking pictures in the rain is quite tricky

I am sure everybody is bored looking at nice sunny pictures of Islay, so I have determined to try posting a few grey rainy ones.  Taking pictures in the rain is actually quite tricky for a number of reasons.  We will have to see how the project develops...  :-)

A flight of Teal got up from Smelly Corner at Carnain this evening as I stopped the bike to put my wholly ineffective raincoat on.  A couple of minutes after this picture was taken your correspondent was absolutely soaked...  The showers were mixed in with a few brighter spells and the odd rainbow, but shots of those would be too cheerful for this posting so they will have to wait for another day...
Carl

Mute Swan with cygnets at Carnain

The pair of Mute swans at Carnain at the top of Loch Indaal have hatched six cygnets again this year - they all disappeared quite quickly last year but this year they all seem to have survived their first couple of weeks OK.  Perhaps they enjoy endless wind and rain...