Montreathmont Forest, Arbroath Harbour and Elliot

It's my hide rota week just now so I didn't venture far and ended up at Montreathmont, Arbroath Harbour and Elliot. Two unexpected visitors at Elliot were a female Sparrowhawk and a Roe Buck which admittedly looked lost and scruffy due to moulting into it's summer coat. Yet another Iceland Gull photo taken in between some serious showers and a Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler for comparison.

Female Sparrowhawk, Elliot

Not quite sharp

Iceland Gull, Inchcape, Arbroath

Purple Sandpipers taken near sunset at Inchcape

Chiffchaff, Montreathmont

Willow Warbler, Montreathmont

Linnet, Elliot

Ringed Plover, Elliot

Roe Buck, Elliot, looking very scruffy in moult, I've never seen deer here before

Green-veined Butterfly, Montreathmont, a tiny specimen about half the normal size