Monday, 22 July 2013

Victoria Park, Arbroath - Waders return

After doing a survey on Sunday I went back to Victoria Park to try and get photos of the distant and well camouflaged Golden Plovers and got a few others  as well.

Golden Plover still in breeding/summer colours



Redshank
Turnstone and below a juvenile Dunlin according to the Collins book













Ringed Plover including two juveniles without the red beaks
Ringed Plover
















Terns, Arctic, Common and mostly Sandwich. The Arctic is centre in the photo below with the larger Sandwich Terns around it


Arctic Tern
Sandwich Terns with the black beaks on the left, Common Terns with the red or red with black tipped beaks
A juvenile Sandwich Tern begging for food and below an adult in flight

And last a Rock Pipit which was feeding a youngster from time to time



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