Late Pintail and Pink-footed Geese

An evening trip to Montrose Basin and two surprise species, a late Pintail drake usually seen in the winter months and a couple of straggler Pink-footed Geese. Also seen two Swifts, a Goosander drake, a Red-breasted Merganser drake, a Shoveler drake and a male Sparrowhawk.
At Arbroath Cliffs, Kittiwakes nesting along with Fulmars and Herring Gulls some of which already have young chicks at the "Mariners Grave"

Pintail out on the Basin mud, for video click here,

Late Pintail drake on Montrose Basin, seen from the Lurgies. Canon SX60 at 104 times zoom.

One of the local Ospreys fishing over the South Esk and the Basin

Another late bird, this time a Pink-footed Goose, one of two seen together

One of a pair of Greylag Geese also around at the Lurgies

Kittiwake at Arbroath Cliffs

Maybe I made a mistake feeding Starlings with sultanas, when I retuned home today around fifty were in my garden