The photos here are not in date order but I wanted to show off the Shag courtship first as I was pleased with these photos taken from the clifftop at Arbroath Cliffs. I'd followed two separate Shags northwards as both had darvic rings and were too far away to photograph. Following below are a couple from Murton which is almost flooded, and a friendly Pink-footed Goose and a Snipe at Hatton. Also seen at Murton, a Red Kite and a single Sand Martin, and briefly at Balgavies two Chiffchaffs.
It started off with just this single Shag
Then an apparent pair arrived
Everyone knows that three's a crowd
"Ir yi dancin," "ir yi askin," "am askin," "am dancin."
Look what I can do
Anything you can do, I can do better
"Let's get it on"
Guillemot, a first winter bird still to moult into new plumage
Razorbills, still preferring to stay a good bit offshore
Kittiwake
Rock Pipit on the ramp at Whiting Ness
Herring Gull 4th calendar year, no sign of the Iceland Gull
Most of a flock of around 20 Turnstones were beginning to show some plumage changes
A very common species on the cliffs, Feral Pigeons, and they come in all sorts of colours and patterns
This Greylag Goose at Murton NR was driving away another younger looking bird
A bit of Lapwing action from Murton NR where the water levels are very high despite the inflow burn being completely filled up with flood borne sand
One of two Snipe in the field between the coastal path and the beach at Hatton
I'd seen a single Pink-footed Goose fly past and assume this is it in the same field as the Snipe
There were at least three pairs of Skylarks in the Hatton field, this one and its mate were loath to move in the strong wind