A second visit to Montrose Basin again with a low sun causing many of the photos to look red.
There were many flocks of Fieldfares but they were quite shy and difficult to photograph. A young Heron also proved a bit elusive but I did get a few shots when it thought it was hidden in the bank-side trees.
I did get a couple of photos of the Redshank and Greenshank I had seen the previous day but I must try a polarising filter to see if that will improve the results.
Even during daylight small groups of Widgeon started to come in to roost but as this was in the Wildfowling area they wouldn't settle if they saw me or anyone else. I later spoke to a guy who was on his way to his favourite shooting spot, he reckoned the wildfowlers only took about 300 of the geese each year. I suspect many duck as well!
Friday 11 November 2011
Sunday 6 November 2011
Montrose Basin Nature Reserve
A visit to see the 63,000 Pink Foot Geese which were coming in but far off and in small groups proved more fruitful with sightings of, Whooper Swans, Mute Swans, Greenshank, Redshank, and I think Little Grebe.
I've included a couple of pictures of Mute and Whooper Swans to demonstrate the differences, two sunsets, roosting Starlings and Shellduck crossing the moon.
I've included a couple of pictures of Mute and Whooper Swans to demonstrate the differences, two sunsets, roosting Starlings and Shellduck crossing the moon.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Crail and Anstruther
On a trip to the Kingdom of Fife we visited Anstruther and Crail on a sunny, warm but windy autumn day. While at Crail beach trying to get the ultimate picture of the harbour, one that resembled the one in Olive's jigsaw we spotted two obvious tree stump fossils. These are well documented on the web and I found some interesting detail and pictures here. http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/crail_fossils.htm
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