Kittiwake breeding success - Arbroath Cliffs

Plan A failed, the Cory's Shearwater stayed in the Forth instead of continuing up the coast. Today it was seen heading north past the Isle of May but at 1345 there are no reports from Fife.

I still went down to Arbroath Cliffs and these are some the birds and insects I saw.  

Six Spot Burnet Moth pushed off a thistle by a White-tailed Bumblebee, click here for video

Kittiwakes nesting with almost fledged young, noisy, click here

Common Tern nest site in Montrose, distant, click here

At last a single Kittiwake in a place where I could get a photo

Same Kittiwake, it seemed a bit distracted, or maybe just tired

Juvenile Herring Gull, quite a number on the low rocks demanding to be fed

I like the detail on the wings of young gulls

I watched as the adults brought in a number of starfish, probably easy to find at low tide

Juvenile Kittiwake

Too close for a 400mm less

Kittiwake breeding seems to have been a success this year with many just about to fledge and more on the low rocks and out at sea

Six Spot Burnet Moth being bullied off a thistle by a White-tailed Bumblebee

Six Spot Burnet Moth

This massive tower has been around off the Arbroath coast for many years now, measuring wind conditions for the Seagreen Wind Farm that is now going ahead. Not sure when.