Tuesday 23 February 2021

Waders - a second look (part 3, final)

  
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Yet another second look at my old photos, and one I've been avoiding as I've got far too many wader photos to look through. Today's waders are from a folder of the same name and are the last post to cover waders, with some good and bad photos taken over many years with varied cameras. 


Winter plumage Sanderlings



Breeding plumage, a May bird



Winter plumage flight at Craigmill



I haven't counted them, perhaps you could and let me know

Snipe on the rocks at Hatton, I don't see many Snipe on beaches




Snipe at the Lurgies



Very unusual to see Snipe in the open


Distant photo of a Spotted Redshank at the Lurgies, Montrose Basin

Another faraway photo, this time near the Shelduck Hide



Spotted Redshank going to roost




May Turnstones just before migration



Also bird in May



Turnstone at Westhaven in October








The Water Rail section, not the easiest bird to find let alone photograph







Overdid the zoom and crop with this one



Juvenile Water Rail at the Bank of Scotland Hide, Montrose Basin




Whimbrel at Annat Bank, South Esk Estuary



Whimbrel near Montrose Sailing Club

Whimbrel at East Haven with a Curlew for comparison






White-rumped Sandpiper at Hatton, this bird is a vagrant from America



I sat for ages waiting for it to walk along in front of me, as it got near a birder flushed it.....




Wood Sandpiper at Kinnordy (and Google has made the photo too bright)




I might have another go at these two photos




Woodcock in Glenesk, rare to see in the middle of the day, and near at track




Woodcock in Glenesk, confident I was safe behind a fence



Urban Birding during serious lockdownin' (no G)

   
Just a catch up today, with photos from Keptie Pond on Sunday, I stopped briefly (I thought) after church and got some decent photos before the light dipped. I'm still nonplussed with what's happening when I post the photos, some have been brightened up, and too much in my opinion. I'll research this again....some day soon



One of the cygnets at Keptie Pond seems to have left and this one was getting a bit of a hard time from Dad




Still just one Little Grebe evident at the pond



And still lots of Sticklebacks



Quite a number of Black-headed Gulls but not so easy to see colour rings as it was on the ice



One of last years youngsters



Adult



The Coots seem to be less aggressive to each other, but it won't last




There are still un-paired Mallards



Two in this photo, "fighting for the right to party"




I just love the colours of Moorhen bills




One of the adult Mute Swans which managed to raise two cygnets last year, they were the first for four years I think




Spot the male Sparrowhawk. I just couldn't get the camera to find and focus on the bird deep in the trees on the island. A clue, the focus point is dead centre



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