Along the River Spey on a lovely Autumn Day

The point where river meets sea

Scotland's most important salmon river, the River Spey, meets the sea at Spey Bay. Its brown tannn-stained waters enter the sea through a narrow channel that winds through banks of pebbles and shingle that are reshaped each year by winter storms. Currently the banks form a lagoon-like area of flat sluggish water where swans, ducks and gulls forage off to one side of the river moith and away from the gentle surge of the sea.

Finest Scottish Shingle

Looking towards the sea across the 'lagoon'

Mute swans in the lagoon in the foreground - the Speybay settlement behind 

The Tugnet Icehouse at the mouth of the Spey

A humble dwelling on the shingle bank - would suit DIY enthusiast

The stained waters of the Spey 

Grey herons on the Spey

The old Garmouth Railway Bridge - now part of the Speyway cycle track

Giant Hogweed

On the old bridge

Silver birch

Rose hips

Where river meets sea and sky on a fine Autumn day