Purple Sandpipers and a cliff search

Another rescue or perhaps now a recovery at Arbroath Cliffs on Saturday, it's reported today Sunday that an 18 year old had fallen from the cliffs. Most of the time I was at Inchcape Park the Coastguard Helicopter hovered near the harbour and later when at Victoria Park I could see a search ongoing at the cliffs.

Bird-wise, there were 31 Purple Sandpipers at Inchcape, a few Curlews and at least one Dunlin with a black belly, not complete yet. At the start of the cliffs path I could see Skylarks in the field but access was barred by the Polis.

Coastguard Helicopter at Arbroath Harbour

Shannon-class lifeboat Ian Grant Smith on the search. This lifeboat is based at Montrose

Something woke up the Purple Sandpipers briefly for this photo

In this one the light shows purple flashes down the centre of many of the feathers

The Dunlin showing some of its breeding plumage coming in along with a single Ringed Plover at Inchcape

Curlew, its a wonder they don't topple forwards or damage their beaks more often