Kinnordy Grey Heron with ice problems

No sign of the drake Smew or the Bittern at Kinnordy today but at least the light was good. Elsewhere but not photographed I found three Woodcock at Douglasmuir which were favouring mature gorse bushes and a single Grey Partridge.

A Grey Heron at Kinnordy trying to find a gap in the ice to fish in

A Mute Swan at Kinnordy for comparison with the Whooper Swans below, shows the different shape the birds adopt when flying

Whooper Swans, a lighter and perhaps more graceful looking swan compared to the larger and heavier mute

Whooper Swan

Cock Pheasant on the ice from the Gullery Hide, Kinnordy

Hen Pheasant at the new feeder station at Kinnordy. It's next to where the old one was

Still coming into to feed on the seed provided by the public at Keptie Pond, always with it's mate. Collared Dove

Great Tit at Douglasmuir near Friockheim where someone provides feed for the birds, well done