It's a bit of "make love not war" in this post, a sub adult Herring Gull trying to mate with an adult, a Mallard duck being harried by two drakes and House Sparrows fighting for the rights to a feeder.
A walk from Danger Point (Old Brewhouse), around the Harbour, Inchcape, West Links, Low Common and Keptie Pond. On return a few more backstep birds. Google still over brightening photos!
House Sparrow fledgling meets Tree Sparrow fledgling, click here
House Sparrow fledglings being fed, click here for video
Dunnock, feeding or preening in the grass, click here for video
One of three drake Eiders trying to court a female at Danger Point, Arbroath
The female
The happy couple
Lesser Black-backed Gull at Danger Point with three more in the area
This Mallard was being pursued by two males just out of shot and she just didn't want to play
Not so many Great Black-backed Gulls on Monday, although a few adults were still at the harbour
The male Herring Gull hasn't fully developed adult plumage, 4th calendar year/sub adult
Not the best photo ever, but my first sighting of a Small White this year, at Keptie Pond
Just two broods of Coots seen at Keptie, this one was three well developed birds touring on their own
I only saw two Moorhen chicks with different parents. The gulls always thin them out and the Mallard ducklings too, but I wonder if Foxes have a role to play as well
The Pintail/Mallard hybrids persist and as a pair, but as expected they haven't produced a brood and don't look likely to
The Pintail/Mallard duck
One of the many Jackdaws around at Inchcape Park, flushed by Olive who wouldn't deviate from her path
New on Monday morning in my garden, this House Sparrow fledgling with two siblings, the Tree Sparrow family are still there every day, and a new scruffy looking Dunnock fledgling which is very shy as I'd expect
Mum House Sparrow feeding the begging chick
A lot of rivalry and violence for a while at this feeder with some photos showing eye gouging!
And it's the women causing the trouble, no surprise there
This Blackbird must be near to fledging young as it's become ever more tame and keen to feed, and remains dominant, defending it's patch from all-comers
Almost posing like a Capercaillie
Not seeing the Blue Tits very often and none have nested in my boxes, one is empty, the other has a Buff-tailed Bumblebee nest in it
The Dunnock parent and assumed to be a moulted female
Greenfinch male, yes it really is this yellow green