Friday 7 February 2014

The Lurgies, Montrose Basin - Scaup and Long-tailed Duck

A group of Scaup have been at Montrose Basin for some time now and today was the first chance I had to get a photo not in the rain. An opportunist photo of a duck flying by turned out to be a Long-tailed Drake the first I've seen on the Basin this year.













Mains of Dun, Montrose Basin - Skylark

A visit to the junction on the track to the hides hoping to get a decent photo of Twite but they weren't there. A few Chaffinches and Yellowhammers were around and my first two Skylarks of 2014. Both photos taken from a make-shift hide, a scrap car!



Auchmithie Fulmars and 1st winter Kittiwake

There have been Fulmars at Auchmithie for some weeks now and numbers have increased to at least 24. Herring Gulls are also claiming nest ledges and a solo 1st winter Kittiwake flew by.



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