Brünnich's Guillemot - Anstruther Harbour

A Brünnich's Guillemot in a very choppy and and windswept harbour at Anstruther and very mobile as it dived often and sometimes for long periods, never re-appearing where I'd expect it. I didn't get the photos I'd have liked, I was busy holding on to my scope and Olive trying to stop both being blown into the harbour. The Brünnich's Guillemot is an Arctic species found in Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Svalbard and winters as far south as Central Norway and is a rare vagrant in the UK so yet another "mega" for Olive!.

Unfortunately this Brunnich's was found dead this morning, 30/9/2016

Brunnichs Guillemot, Anstruther