Friday, 23 December 2016

Year Review - June 2016

Some photos from my yearly June visit to the Ythan Estuary at Newburgh a place I revisited on a number of occasions throughout the summer.


Arctic Tern at the Ythan Estuary, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire



Common Tern at Ferryden, Montrose using the pole as a perch much as a Kestrel would and watching for small fish below



The King Eider drake at the Ythan returned again for another year



A Sand Martin chick sunbathing or waiting to be fed at the mouth of its nest brrow in the dunes at the Ythan



Act cool Jessie and that fella with the camera might not spot our nest



Skylark near Auchmithie



The only Spoonbill seen at Montrose Basin this year and it's thought it only stayed one day



Female Azure Damselfly, the first time I'd identified this species on the Carnoustie Golf Links



The male Azure Damselfly


One of the Great Crested Grebe nests on Forfar Loch, I think most nests failed again this year due to fluctuating water levels, the birds couldn't raise the nest quick enough to keep the eggs warm. There are also many gulls at the loch including Lesser Black-backed Gulls a main predator of duckling and young grebes.


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