The post title refers to the Red-breasted Flycatcher at Mains of Usan which I briefly saw and never even came close to photographing, such is the nature of chasing warblers and in this case warbler like birds.
Some video links below of birds too distant for photos which don't look as good as the original files. I'll try and find out what the blog is doing to them. Note, they will look best if you choose 1080HD in YouTube.
Barnacle Goose at Murton, click here for video Green Sandpiper at Murton, click here for video
Hybrid Goose at Murton, click here for video Snipe (5) at Murton, click here for video
Grey Plover at dawn near Craigmill, click here for video
Brambling along the Lurgies path on Thursday 18th
I only got two photos before a walker flushed them, around a dozen birds mixed in with some tits and chaffinches. This photo has foliage blowing across the bird and has been resurrected as well as possible!
Male Chaffinch for comparison
Photo of some of the 600+ Golden Plover at Tayock, taken from the footbridge at Montrose Station. They'd move further out on the mud by the time I got to Tayock. Canon SX60
Another of the Goldeneye at Mains of Usan, mucked up this time by my failure to adjust the settings, hey-ho
Yellowhammer at the Lurgies
Goldeneye, Mains of Usan
Hybrid Goose, Murton NR. I thought part Canada and part Greylag but not so sure now with a better photo
Murton NR, still no water which will affect the winter wildfowl. There is a Green Sandpiper somewhere in this photo. Canon SX60
Mute Swans on the back pond at Murton
Wigeon, flushed by loud noise, then by someone off the paths
Chiffchaff, Ferryden
Eider, Ferryden. Mock courtship appears to be going on with males displaying and females being chased
Look at me ladies
This one was on a mission
Rook, Mains of Usan. The Rooks were collecting these green cones from the conifers and caching them somewhere nearby
Small White Butterfly, Auchmithie. Taken on 10/10/2018, also in the same area were a Painted Lady and a Red Admiral
Dunlin, Arbroath. Apparently on 11/10/2018 when I recall it was gloomy, cold and windy
Rock Pipit, same day and place as the Dunlin, Victoria Park again. One of my default places to go when I've got half an hour left of the day
Turnstones, around 35 now