Evening sun at Keptie Pond, some of the birds present

Coot

Grey Heron

Song Thrush and lastly a Wood Pigeon below

Montreathmont Forest, common and not so common birds

Female Chaffinch

Male Chaffinch

Green Woodpecker

Jay

Robin

Siskin

Green Woodpecker

Male Siskin

Coal Tit and lastly a Yellowhammer below

Montrose Basin near the Shelduck hide

Brown Hare at Montrose Basin, Olive didn't believe it was a Hare until she flushed it.

I'm off, a big scary woman is stalking me!

A Linnet

Meadow Pipit

Mute Swan

Redshank courtship, she fell for it!

Female Reed Bunting

Male Reed Bunting

Roe Deer hind had been lying up behind one of the earth dykes

She looks better with the sun from the best direction

Many Skylarks were singing quite high up, this fellow was taking a rest

Forfar Loch

Common Sandpiper

Great Crested Grebe

Little Grebe

One Swallow doesn't make a Summer, it's mates were around though!

Red Squirrel at Balgavies Loch

Swallow at Glen Lethnot

Willow Warbler and Wren at Keptie Pond, Arbroath. Surely it's spring now.

Current and longer term residents at Keptie Pond in Arbroath

I'm still wondering if this male Goosander has a female sitting on a nest somewhere on the island 

Hunting at the east end of the pond and quite tolerant of people, Grey Heron

Maybe common but never dull, this House Sparrow looking quizzically at me as I took it's photo 

Jackdaw, note the distinctive blue eye

Not the first this year, a Tortoise Shell on the school hill 

A male Tufted Duck having a stretch

Birds and Insects at Elliot

I've got a new lens so tried to get difficult shots of swallows in flight, it worked to a degree but this photo had to be flash filled and gamma adjusted to be able to see the detail.

As yet unidentified (by me) Hover Fly at Elliot

This Yellowhammer is on the roundabout at Elliot, I hope it learns quickly

A pair of Mute Swans which seem to be resident on the main pond at Elliot Reed Beds

This Pied Wagtail was sitting on the dyke at the Golf Clubhouse

Historic Train and Lighthouse

The Great Britain VI, "The Lancashire Fusilier" 45407 and the Old Red Light at Elliot near Arbroath.

Migrants arrive at last

Male Blackcap in Olive's garden

A Whitethroat in Craigmill Den

Willow Warbler at Riverside Park

Grey Wagtail and Linnets

Grey Wagtail in Craigmill Den

Linnets bathing in Craigmill Den