Bats

I went on two walks today. The first one was in the morning, to Troon. James and I walked for an hour from the golf course along the beach up to the river and then back down right along the beach into the town of Troon. It was a lovely day for a walk; the breeze was noticeably warmer than it has been for the past week and the sea was navy blue with white foamy tops to the waves. We had a pleasant chat as we walked along. We had lunch in the Velvet Apple again and it was very tasty; I had sweet potato and rosemary soup and James had grilled chicken with coleslaw. Another half hour's walk took us back along to the beach to the car.
My second walk was in the evening after Grandma went home. Alasdair, David and I went up to the Heritage Park and walked three times round in the twilight. Again it was quite warm and was pleasingly quiet, in fact we were the only people there! We saw two herons flying back and forward across the water, but the highlight was the bats! There were dozens of bats flying in and out of the trees, flitting about and flying past us very low. There were lots of midges so I think they must have been feasting on them. I have never seen bats at the Heritage Park before and I have never seen so many bats in one place, it was amazing!