NOT for the squeamish, video of the Great Black-backed Gull attacking the juvenile Shelduck, click here to view
A prelude to death. When all of the waders were flushed last Thursday at the Lurgies I presumed a Peregrine had flown in but it appears that this Great Black-backed Gull was the cause. The gull caught the Shelduck and after a long struggle and sustained attack which lasted 20 minutes the Shelduck succumbed and was eaten
Better news for the House Martins and Swallows as migrating birds were seen on Thursday and Saturday streaming along the beaches at Arbroath and Easthaven
House Martin, Easthaven
Swallow at West Links, Arbroath
One of two Wheatears at Arbroath
Carrion Crow at West links
For once they were being lit well by the autumn sunlight
Only the one Bar-tailed Godwit at Easthaven on Thursday
and it didn't stay long
This Grey Wagtail seems to have taken up residence near the car park at Easthaven
Pied Wagtail with a Crane Fly