Yesterday afternoon I enjoyed a pleasant drive from Edinburgh to Dumfries, taking my younger son to a week-long mountain-biking camp. He will probably return somewhat scarred and short of sleep, but hopefully happy and full of new biking tricks.
I took the opportunity to enjoy the late afternoon sun down by the River Nith as it passes through the town centre. The above view, down-river from the weir, is one of the best town-centre views I know.
If you look closely you should be able to see a number of seagulls standing patiently in the water. I thought that perhaps they were too hot and were cooling their feet in the water. Or perhaps their feet were dirty and they were letting the clean water sluice away the dirt.
But the picture below shows that, as they stand patiently, they are working very hard, watching for elvers (young eels) slithering up the weir. The photo below shows a gull standing on the pavement with an elver writhing in its beak, as the gull tries to get it into the right position to swallow. A few seconds later and the elver was gone!
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