Photos and video from Monikie and Montrose Basin, namely Miss Erskine's Bank, the Lurgies and Rossie Spit, none in good conditions which might account why I'd forgotten I had them!
Some of the video is of better quality, but not what would be possible in midday sun.
Buzzard video, click here Shovelers, click here Godwits from the roadside, click here
Curlews at Maryton Ditch, click here Monikie Cormorants Great Northern Diver eating a crab, click here
This Buzzard at Monikie was sitting very close to the path and was closely watching the undergrowth for prey
Cormorants on one of the islands on the Island Pond at Monikie, these and others were counted at 42 birds
Two landscape photos from one bank to the far side, there are many trees that have already been cut to clear the road and around the park many more need removing from paths
My last sighting of Shovelers was May 10th so it was good to see eight at Rossie Spit, Montrose Basin. These photos are from the footway alongside the A92
Teal at Miss Erskine's Bank, the poor light affected the colour of most photos that day
Red-throated Diver at the Lurgies
With my camera set up for photos at a distance, the Great Northern Diver surfaced directly in front of where I'd sat on the sea wall, no more than 4 metres away. This is the original photo shrunk to 1430 pixels wide
Trying to break off the claws of the crab it had caught
I can't see the claws in this photo
Great Northern Diver swallowing almost all of the crab
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