Red-breasted Mergansers and Purple Sandpipers

Some photos of the few birds that were around at the Lurgies on Friday. Onward from there to Inchcape Park in Arbroath to count the Purple Sandpipers. Finally, and to get out of the cold wind on the coast a short look around Keptie Pond.

A three minute, camera trap video of the Fox I thought had stopped visiting my garden, click here

Coal Tit, feeding on new flowers on the gorse bushes at the Lurgies

same Coal Tit 

Female Red-breasted Merganser, the Lurgies

Male Red-breasted Merganser

maybe the two above, there were at least eight birds around

Purple Sandpiper, at Inchcape Park, Arbroath

The sun was in the wrong place, later high tides may suit when the sun will be behind me

The fairly tame Rock Pipit at Inchcape, seems to be used to humans (and me)

again

Something evil looking about this Coot at Keptie Pond

The last unattached Mallard duck at Keptie, she has five suitors, they'll be trouble

Moorhen

Pied Wagtail. back-lit

It followed me around to the opposite bank where the sun was at my back

Jackdaw

Carrion Crow