More Critters

I'm writing this in Rogart, well to the north in Scotland, where I'm being watched by a grouse, with a rabbit hopping in the field nearby. However the most interesting animals today were a crowd of Common Seals basking on the sand bars in the shallow Loch Fleet. On a previous bike trip around the northwest and north coasts of the country we had many hours to gaze at the water without spotting any marine life... we were looking in the wrong place obviously. Didn't see any dolphins yesterday however, though they are often spotted in the inlets of the east coast.