Green Sandpipers, Ruff and Snipe

More of a Vlog than Blog as I've built up a few videos over the past week. I had my Rota visit to Murton to do the Webs count, and my East Haven Webs without a camera. It was just my luck at East Haven that Olive found an Osprey fishing near the tideline which is the first record of one on my Webs! 

Later and travelling light, with just my scope and Nikon P1000, I took a number of videos at Montrose Basin. When I say a number, it was 23, which after viewing at home I chose the best ones and cropped some, and used a steadying tool to remove motion caused by the wind. Some of the videos were 270 metres out, the Pink-footed Geese film maybe more.

Green Sandpiper, Murton NR      Roe Deer strange behaviour      Roe Deer 3 metres from hide      Snipe and sleeping Green Sandpiper

Ruff, 5 at the Lurgies      Greenshank, Old Harbour      Pink-footed Geese over-summering at Montrose Basin 

Canada Goose with part leucistic head      Ruff single      Red Admiral Butterfly, my garden

Green Sandpiper, Gladstone Hide Murton NR, a second visit to do my Webs, and with a longer lens

BirdNET-Pi - Murton. I think this is an audio tool which constantly records and analysis bird song and calls

Lapwing

Red Admiral underwing in the garden

upperwing

Long-tailed Tits, very rare in my garden, I must clean the windows for clearer photos!

Next Generation Kittiwakes

   
Photos from Arbroath Cliffs and Keptie Pond. Only a few butterflies along the cliff path, but two of them were Graylings. The videos are from my garden.

Peacock Butterfly        Painted Ladies, filmed too close        Large Whites

I was surprised at how many Kittiwakes were still on nests, with many juveniles stretching their wings, and more flying circuits around the Mariners Grave and out to sea.

Previous Kittiwakes video     

Grayling Butterfly, I couldn't get a position for a good photo without risking falling over the cliff edge, then it was flushed by walkers. Photo from an 800mm lens, not ideal...

Juvenile Kittiwakes at Arbroath Cliffs

Fulmar at Arbroath Cliffs

Common Terns

Keptie Pond Brown Rat

Heron

Jackdaw

Lesser black-backed Gull

From Gemini search.

"The turtle you are seeing is a known local resident of Keptie Pond, Arbroath. Identified by ecologists as a Chinese softshell turtle (or a similar non-native softshell variant), this predatory reptile is approximately 18 inches long and is widely understood to have been an illegally abandoned exotic pet. Because it has successfully survived for several years by brumating (hibernating) in the pond's winter mud, it has adapted to the local environment, frequently basking on the central island during warmer spells".

Green Sandpipers, Murton NR

Two Green Sandpipers at Murton, both in front of the Gladstone Hide which is a good place at this time of year to find the scarce species.

Two UHD videos at these links, handheld and between 2400-3000mm, the 3000 being 125 zoom

Green Sandpiper feeding on a muddy edge        Green Sandpiper feeding amongst a stony margin

Green Sandpiper at Murton NR, near Forfar. A deep crop from the photo below

Speckled Wood Butterfly, just two seen in one of the few spots where they could find shelter

Roe Deer buck (male)