Down the plot today after finishing off the concreting we had shuttered up the mixer was cleaned and washed. Just as I turned it off the strangest sound came from the rushes below the plot between us and the sea. Sounds like a nail drawn across a comb very slowly. Quite loud and so distinctive - the corncrake is pretty rare and lovely to hear. Its not even common in the Hebrides - a stronghold. I have heard only one before on Gigha two years ago, so to have one just 50 metres away is quite something. Later we refloated the cat on today's spring tide and put it back on the mooring with Micky and Tracy's help. The very low tidal range on Gigha means that even on a Spring tide if it is a high pressure system then the high tide is depressed so we were lucky today.
To see some great pics try Steve Round's website http://www.stevenround-birdphotography.com
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