Taigh Chombaich

I am part of a small team assembled to repair the worst parts of old estate walls. From small holes like this:

before

after

To longer stretches like this:
















We have been here a few weeks now but about a month ago saw a v-shaped skein of large geese more than 50 strong flying and honking overhead. With a sudden shift in perspective we realised that they were not geese at all but swans. My knowledge of such like is thin, but Edgar a' Chuimreach chuimseach thought they were likely Bewick swan, once called Eala bheag in these parts, returning to Siberia for the summer.