Saturday 18 April 2020

Groundhog Day - again


Another day of lockdown exercise and I've run out of places locally where I can walk without repeating my tracks. I was back along the cliffs at Arbroath where there were at least 400 Kittiwakes and nearly 100 Gannets, along with Razorbills, Fulmars, Shags, Cormorants and Herring Gulls. I couldn't decide which video to use so just posted all of the ones that weren't shaky.

All photos and video taken on a Nikon Coolpix P1000, and although not bought for flying birds I think it produces better than expected. The only issue is when using ridiculous zoom the field of view is very small, but I shouldn't moan as the Gannets were hundreds of metres offshore.


Gannets heading north a fair bit offshore, click here for reduced speed video  they appear to pick an extra bird, or perform a changeover of lead bird

Herring Gulls making new Herring Gulls, click here

Rock Pipit at Victoria Park, click here for video

Shag having a scratch at Arbroath Cliffs, click here for video

Starlings at Whiting Ness, click here

Another Kittiwake video, click here to play



Nearly 100 Gannets flew north past Arbroath Cliffs this afternoon between 1400 and 1500


Kittiwake in the shadiest part of the gulley at Mariners Grave






Razorbill, I couldn't see any on the ledges


Temporary un-named, maybe censored on mobile devices?? (S-h-a--g)



A Cormorant as a bit of a comparison



Fulmar


Ringed Plover


Starlings at St Ninian's Well


Rock Pipit at the first shelter area, Victoria Park, the only ones seen along the esplanade, the rest are along the cliffs





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