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!

Pink-footed Geese and Pintails, Montrose Basin

An hour in the seriously windswept Tayock Hide at Montrose Basin delivered the birds below, there would have been more without human disturbance.

Two videos in the links below, unfortunately I had my Z8 set up for HD instead of the usual UHD I use on my P1000, doh!

Pink-footed Geese, returned this week        Black-tailed Godwit

Pink-footed Goose, only a few ventured near to the Tayock Hide. A video sent to me from the Mallard Drive area showed hundreds widely spread across stubble fields

Pintails

One of the birds from above

Black-tailed Godwit

Same Godwit and the subject in the video above

Juvenile Grey Plover 210 metres north of the hide, photo from the hide

Juvenile Knot

Curlew

Greenshank

Oystercatcher on its way to wash something at the water's edge

Common Gull 2nd calendar year

Curlew

Why do people approach the hide and walk around the side to the front, which always flushes whatever they hope to see. There used to be screens at both sides which I think disappeared during covid...

Pectoral Sandpiper, St Cyrus NNR, on field flood

   
I was unaware that a flooded field at St Cyrus was a permanent feature and attracting migrating waders. A Pectoral Sandpiper was the rarest with a Little Stint, also Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Ruff, Ringed Plover and Bar-tailed Godwits. Given the distance from the viewing point at a small tree, I decided videos at 2600mm - 3000mm was the best option, despite the windy conditions.

Other photos from Arbroath Harbour and my garden.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Greenshank and Ringed Plover - St Cyrus      Pectoral Sandpiper, most steady video 

Little Stint, in a sprint - actual speed      Pectoral Sandpiper and Greenshank      Bar-tailed Godwit, Maryton

Pectoral Sandpiper at St Cyrus, all three images are screenshots from the videos

Pectoral Sandpiper and Greenshank

Cormorant fishing in Arbroath Harbour

Oystercatcher at Danger Point, Arbroath

Rock Pipit on beach behind the Old Brewhouse

Male Sparrowhawk in my garden, no birds around for a week

A different Sparrowhawk flying over my garden, a female

Small White Butterfly

Common Drone Fly

Nettle-tap Moth (tiny)

Seven Spot Ladybird

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Wolf Spider species..