A Day of Changeable Weather in Musselburgh

 Yesterday we had a lovely walk along the John Muir Walkway from Musselburgh in East Lothian, along to the old ash lagoons, which are now a nature reserve. 

The weather started off, beautifully sunny, like this:

 but later a haar (sea mist) came in and everything looked wonderfully atmospheric like this: 

In between, we enjoyed lots of birdwatching (which was obviously easier when the weather was sunny). The highlights included Long Tailed Ducks, one of which you can see distantly in the photo below 

 

Goldeneye, a male of which is below:

and Lapwings, once a common farmland bird, but now sadly very much decreased in number, so it was lovely to see quite a large group of them at the lagoons 

and Wigeon, of which a fairly large group were hiding in the mist, you might be able to see them in the photo below

It was amazing how different everything looked in the haar