Little Egret and inland Black-tailed Godwits

At long last I caught up with the Little Egret at Montrose Basin today and although it was far out on the mud the dull light in the morning allowed a record photo and a video clip.

Murton still had Black-tailed Godwits and numbers had increased to 29 today and an odd duck flew in with a small flock of Tufted Ducks.

At Balgavies I recorded a singing warbler which proved to a Garden Warbler, I'd heard it sing two days ago but wanted to confirm the ID and the bird was seen briefly today but as usual it stopped singing and disappeared.

Little Egret in one of the shallow channels to the east of the path from the Old Harbour

Most of the 29 Black-tailed Godwits at Murton NR today

A few of the Godwits which had been flushed by a passing Osprey, thought to be the male from Balgavies

The lower duck on the right appears to be a hybrid, maybe a bit of Goldeneye, who knows?