Tern Time

Some photos taken at Scurdie Ness on Monday while a small southward transit of terns seemed to be on the go. Many birds progressed along the coast briefly fishing as they went, a mixture of Sandwich Terns with some juveniles and a few Common Terns, but mostly Arctic Terns. Also in the mix a few others seen at Scurdie and the Lurgies including some distant shots of the male Ruff on Sunday which couldn't be found on Monday.

Arctic Tern

Caught another sand eel

Juvenile Black-headed Gull, looks more advanced than others I've seen

Common Sandpiper, Lurgies

Common Tern, Scurdie Ness

Some of the 40 Goosanders in a group near Scurdie Ness, seen from the roadway

Blue Tit juvenile

Green-veined White Butterfly

Kittiwake

Redshanks at Scurdie Ness, looks odd to me, photo with my Tamron lens

Ruff male at the Lurgies which was never close in iffy light

Far out in grey cloudy light

Ruff

Sandwich Tern juvenile with its parent in the next photo

Sandwich Tern