Monday 18 February 2013

Purple Sandpipers, Dunlin, Turnstones and Oystercatchers

Oystercatchers moving from the incoming tide
A single Dunlin among Oystercatchers and Turnstones
Purple Sandpipers in the centre

Alpaca, Buzzard and Drookit Spug!

Alpaca in Kelly Den near Arbroath
A Buzzard flying over Arbroath Road, Dundee
Drookit Spug
Hopefully the last of this winters snow, taken from Boghead Farm
This Sparrowhawk is still hunting throughout the day in my garden. These past few days the song birds have been returning, maybe he's eaten the stupid ones and can't catch the wise.

Montrose Basin, ducks but not the eagle

Male Long-tailed Duck.

I didn't get a photo of the White-tailed Eagle which was sitting in the middle of the Basin but got decent views through the SWT Centre scopes.
Twins
Blackbird walking on water at Tayock car park
A Mute Swan just after being chased off crops by SWT staff
Winter Aconites which have been in flower since late January

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