Videos from the cliffs and a close up of a male Dipper, for now. All filmed using a Nikon Coolpix P1000 from the clifftop at various places between Arbroath and Auchmithie. Note, it was windy and two videos have been steadied in software.
Photos added from Arbroath Cliffs and an update of goings on at Keptie Pond.
Dipper video, click here
Guillemot video, click here
Kittiwake video, click here
Lesser Black-backed Gull video, click here
Razorbill video, click here
Bait ball with Gannets video, click here
Fulmar video, click here
Gannet in flight (67% speed), click here for video
Razorbills, a frame taken from a video
An unusually dark Fulmar, and not a quirk of the light or camera
Guillemot
Guillemot
Two Guillemots amongst the Razorbills
Kittiwake
More Kittiwakes, there were small rafts spread about
Looking north to the Coastguard house near Auchmithie
A nice touch this, two lines of trees planted along the field edge
The cliff path has been widened and levelled
Unheard of at this time of year at Keptie Pond, a Lesser Black-backed Gull coming to bread, yes a few people still don't use seed, lettuce etc
The Herons are still sitting on eggs, 25 to 26 days between laying and hatching. I'll workout a date later
It will be interesting to see if this unlikely pair manage to produce young, both are thought to be hybrid Pintail and Mallard