Danger Point in Arbroath and Montrose Basin

Some more of the non-breeding or failed breeding migrants which are turning up at Montrose Basin and a couple from Danger Point Arbroath

Black-tailed Godwits in summer breeding plumage with one in non-breeding on the left

Dunlin with their black bellies which disappear after breeding, again these are early returning

Lesser Black-backed Gull and Herring Gull in the Brothock Burn where it meets the sea. Gulls and five Mute Swans were preening in the fresh water

The Shearwater, the same Dredger which I remember as a kid some forty plus years ago leaving Arbroath Harbour to dump the mud and silt

From my garden

I couldn't get a photo of the Peregrine I saw overhead from my garden recently so these two will have to do. Little and large, some form of Crane Fly and an overhead Herring Gull. I also got some photos of Swifts but must have deleted them as they weren't great, they fly far too fast

Youngsters, various chicks born recently

The following are all related to breeding, this year and previous, chicks, Mums and Dads

Not a youngster but Mum giving an alarm call and trying to distract me away from her nest, I was at the other side of a burn miles away

Last years young Great Black-backed Gull next to a Herring Gull showing size difference

One of many new House Sparrow chicks around at Arbroath Harbour

This Mallard at Craigmill Den has done well to get eight ducklings to this stage

Compared to the dull adult Redshanks around at Montrose Basin this young one looks perfect and wasn't too wary when it landed close by

Mum and Dad Spotted Flycatcher both keeping an eye on me at Craigmill Den, they look to have at least four chicks near to fledging

A fledgling Wren in Craigmill Den, you can still see the chicks gape and its tail hasn't grown yet