This was something I had not seen before...this is a small tidal lagoon at the head of Loch Duich where the River Croe flows in. What I think happened here is that the fresh water from the river flowed over the salt water on the rising tide and froze in a thin layer. With temperatures of -5C overnight and absolutely no wind, the tide slowly ebbed and the thin layer of ice subsided and took up the shape of the grass hummocks and rocks on the beach, creating this quite amazing effect!


More images from Kintail *here*