Sunday, 25 October 2026

Golden Plovers to wind turbine blades


The worst photo first, as it's the first time this season I've seen Golden Plovers, they were part of a flock of 86 behind near Gayfield.

Various sites are covered, and the photos from my Webs Survey at East Haven are at the bottom of this post, because it's the easiest way to import them! 
As mentioned before, changes to the blog template, the same one I've used for many years, has meant that I've lost control over how fonts are displayed on a phone. The posts are best viewed on a PC, or through a phone browser, at least for my Motorola.




Golden Plover behind Gayfield Park (home of the Mighty Red Litchies), unfortunately looking into low sunlight


Greenfinches feeding on Rosa Rugosa hips on the pitch and putt course, the sun on my back







Curlew at West Links


Rock Pipit


Now at the Lurgies with a reflected Greenshank


Little Grebe, probably 16 near the car park



Little Egret, Lurgies


Pintails photographed from the Tayock Hide at Montrose Basin at a distance of 197 metres, also 2 Wigeon, and Mallards in the foreground


Turnstone, not seen very often on the basin


Little Egret at East Haven


A Goosander seen on my Webs Survey at East Haven


Black-headed Gull


Common Scoters, not seen often on my webs


Common Gull


One of the few Carrion Crows with white feathers, seen better when in flight


Redshank


Rock Pipit, they feed on the washed up seaweed on small insects


Olive who was my scribe on the survey asked me to photograph this ship on the horizon, it was laden with wind turbine blades. More turbines are being installed, another ship and a crane were placing the yellow bases

Sunday, 4 October 2026

Pink-footed Geese, Lunan Bay Scoters

   
A post specifically for my "wee" brother who has been amazed at the numbers and noise of the Pink-footed Geese arriving at Montrose Basin. 
I think he's slowly becoming a birdwatcher....some say he's been doing that since his teens!

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Baird's Sandpiper at St Cyrus


The Pectoral Sandpiper has been replaced with a Baird's Sandpiper at St Cyrus where it was in the company of 3 Ruff, 11 Ringed Plover and a steady passage of Swallows going south.

A White-winged Scoter was seen today (Dan P) at the north end of Lunan Bay, it won't be so easy to ID as the St Cyrus waders. Watch this space!

Baird's Sandpiper video, St Cyrus        


Baird's Sandpiper screenshots from video above




Ringed Plover at Westhaven


Bar-tailed Godwit Westhaven


Collared Dove through living room blinds, rare in my street and in the front garden


Return of Tree Sparrows to my garden, just two so far


"Olive's" Robin...also through blinds


The Caperer Caddisfly Halesus radiatus. Found near cool, clean streams, rivers, and sometimes lakes. None of these near my garden, unless from my pond, or the Brothock Burn, nearest point 731 metres!



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