East Haven Webs Survey for June

I wasn't expecting large numbers or species of wetland birds as most have gone north or into the hills to breed. Basically, 5 species of Gulls, immature or non-breeding Oystercatchers, Curlews, drake Mallards and Eiders who play no part in rearing their young.

Also some garden insects despite the windy conditions recently.

This Microlight flew low along the tideline and appeared to continue along the beach toward Westhaven. I hadn't expected a high count of birds and the flypast didn't help as it flushed all of the birds

Common Gull, one of last years young

Cormorant

Immature Herring Gull

The first "returning" Redshank I've seen this season

Early Bumblebee

Common Carder Bee

Fork-tailed Flower-bee Anthophora furcata

Foxglove in Olive's garden, great for Bumblebees, but not for photographing them

No idea what this is, part of a mixture I bought, then I lost the name list...

Lupin, currently around 28 flowers in my wildlife garden and rapidly being overgrown with nettles I've left for the butterflies

It's a Linnet ,init

   
Let me entertain you, or maybe not. Just a few birds seen and photographed in windy conditions last week, when I found it difficult to keep the camera stable. Insect numbers in my garden have increased, with Early Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Carder Bee, Ashy Mining Bee, and Migrant Hoverfly. Seen but not photographed was a Hummingbird Hawk-Moth, which was at arms length but flew off before I could get my phone out. Also what looks to be a Broad-leaved Marsh Orchid in Olive's lawn, thought to have died last year when it wasn't seen, but has re-appeared in the same place as previous years. Olive has just carefully cut the lawn around it.

Seven videos at the blue links below, top billing for a male Roe Deer

Roebuck in Olive's garden         Starlings close up         Rook

Red Admiral Butterfly      Honey Bee      Migrant Hoverfly      Narcissus Bulb Fly

Male Linnet near Hatton, East Haven

Female

Song Thrush

Lesser black-backed Gull, Danger Point, Arbroath

Oystercatcher also Danger Point

Broad-leaved Marsh Orchid (reasonably sure)

Ashy Mining Bee Andrena cineraria

Migrant Hoverfly

Small White Butterfly in my garden

Fly species

Narcissus Bulb Fly

Same one as above depositing eggs

Silver-ground Carpet Moth, not confirmed

Painted Lady Butterfly, Lurgies car park, Montrose Basin, two more in my garden

The Young Ones - 2026

   
The first chicks I've seen in various places this spring, although photographed on the first day of summer, they were all alive before the 1st. I had gone to East Haven to have a look along at Hatton, but with overcast clouds and a temperature of 12c in some wind, I decided Yellow Wagtails which catch many flies, would be difficult to find. 

One video where the Starlings returned to my garden and brought their mates, they happily feed in the modified rabbit run. When I heard a Blackbird alarm calling and walked up the garden, my male Sparrowhawk flushed from the bushes. Two juvenile Starlings had stayed in the run, absolutely still until they were convinced the hawk had gone. I haven't seen any evidence of kills, but it would likely fly off with anything at this time when feeding it's own young.

The Young Ones - Cliff Richard

Starlings in the rabbit run/safety cage

The first young House Sparrow I've seen this season, but not in my garden, this one at East Haven where a colony nests along the railway

A Stonechat juvenile

The two Keptie Pond Heron chicks, must be near to leaving the nest

Only it's mother could love it! A Coot chick

Coot still with some of the brightly covered chick feathers

An older Coot chick

Juvenile Moorhen

The easy life, if you don't take into account the dogs running about

One of the easier Carp to see,counting their numbers is impossible, but I'd wager there are more than fifty large fish, and they are breeding

The Pintail/Mallard hybrid drake is still there

The Lesser black-backed Gulls were infrequent, one flew to the west with a duckling when I was there, and the Herring Gulls were also working the pond 

One at least 6 adult Herons on Keptie, with one carrying nest building material, in June?

Male Stonechat on the coastal path

This one near the ditch at the car park

Common Gull 2cy East Haven, I was drawn to the dark tip

Lesser black-backed Gull 3cy at West Links

Oystercatcher at Murton which looked to be guarding a nest or chicks

Rooks are becoming a problem in my garden, although I haven't seen them take any young birds

Same for this Magpie and it's mate