Becoming very much an Angus rarity, the Pochard. A drake and two ducks were at Balgavies on Monday morning but not always visible or easy to see. These photos are from the hide which is in the shadiest part of the loch.
Drake and duck Pochards at Balgavies, click here for video
Drake Pochard at Balgavies, found on Sunday by Jonathon
Not close enough in the light for a decent photo
One of two female Pochards which were with the drake
A juvenile Peregrine which is hunting at Montrose Basin most days, and one of a flock of Lapwings chasing it off
I can't remember as many Cormorants in one place, these at Rossie Spit numbered 58 birds