For our second week in Ardnamurchan we stayed at a very small, vary basic campsite. It was located right next to a stoney beach which was a good feeding ground for plenty of birds, including the little ringed plover, which I am quite fond of. This week we spent visiting the lighthouse at the Ardnamurchan peninsula, watching common seals and exploring the beaches and rock pools that were in the area.
There were constant, elegant sounds of various birds and the sound of the tide washing up the sand. There was a cuckoo that we would regularly hear in the rocky hills behind us, Sedge Warblers and every night we would hear a tawny owl, which sounds like somebody snoring, in the distance.
By the lighthouse there were hills and rocks and small little beaches and we followed the shore line over the hills. The lighthouse owner had mentioned some seals and he pointed his finger to the middle of nowhere. But as we were crossing over these hills we realised where he was talking about.
At first these seals were a little wary of us as they obviously weren't watched by humans that often as they were in a remote place where we just luckily happened to stumble across them. We watched them for ages, but I wasn't growing tired, they are very amusing creatures with big personalities. The were bathing on the rocks and bobbing up and down like little sausages in the water. The sound of the water was relaxing and the longer we stayed, the less the seals seemed to mind we were there.
As our time in Ardnamurchan came to a close we looked back and thought about how amazing it had been. We had seen many species, explored so many sights and met some amazing people. Ardnamurchan is a place that once you have been, you just have to go back!
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