Drake Pintail and Gadwall

A round up from Kinnordy, Forfar Loch, Arbroath Harbour and Montreathmont Forest. The Pintail was just too wary to come close to the hide and eventually decided it wasn't for him and he flew off towards the east end of the loch at Kinnordy. The Gadwall at Forfar Loch are quite approachable so if the sun comes out good photos are likely. It was just a bit dull when I was there.

Pintail video clip (crop), click here,

Drake Pintail at Kinnordy Loch

One of perhaps 30 Gadwall sitting on the weed raft at Forfar Loch Leisure Centre

I stood in cover supporting a heavy lens for ages waiting for the strike on a Roach at Keptie Pond, it didn't come as a woman flushed it trying to get a photo on her iPhone. I'm sure it would have tolerated and Android device unless it was a Samsung on fire!!

Still two adult Common Terns with a juvenile each at Arbroath Harbour, one of the two above

One of Forfar Lochs many Magpies

Just working out the best strategy to get at the peanuts in a feeder

A part recovered recovered photo of what might have been a juvenile Med Gull. It had been deleted too long on an SD card which is well used and part is over written. To compound this I'd wrongly said it was a 2nd summer to 2nd winter which I have photographed in previous years. The positive is, mistakes make me read reports more carefully and check ID's in books more often and rigorously.