Friday 23 April 2021

Inland and in sun

   

Working down from the top, Kinnordy, Lochlee, Backwater Dam, the Lurgies and lastly my garden. It's all been a bit of a march around, just snapping what I could as we went. Many of the photos are from my P1000 which shows but it's useful when subjects are too far away, or I revert to video.



Golden Plover video, click here     Greater White-fronted Goose video, click here bill looks very pink, Russian?


Willow Warbler near the Swamp Hide at Loch of Kinnordy


White-fronted Goose at Kinnordy just after it flew in with a small flock of Pink-footed Geese, unfortunately into the sun, and annoyingly they swam to the far side


Reed Bunting at the Swamp Hide


Redshank in front of the Gullery Hide


There were lots of these flying around the willows along the path, I'll try to find an ID, think maybe it's a hoverfly


Pink-footed Geese


Lapwings during a courtship flight





This is a substantial tree, perhaps 12-15 inches in diameter and around 16 metres high. It doesn't have long before it falls



Not my best photo of this Wheatear but got posted because it was quirky


I stumbled on two Treecreepers when looking for a Long-tailed Tit nest near Lochlee, then forgot about the nest!


Pied Wagtail on the graveyard wall at Lochlee


Oystercatcher near Invermark Church


Meadow Pipit with nesting material


Lapwing at the car park


Golden Plover in the field behind the car park


This photo of a Common Sandpiper is almost as big as the actual bird which looks bigger here




Not my choice, but I was encouraged to post it


Although I've seen many white butterflies in my garden recently this Green-veined White at backwater Dam is the first photo 


Queen Wasp on the Gorse at the Lurgies



I put this one in as it showed just how small a Dunlin is 



Chiffchaff still singing at the Lurgies, to no avail so far



The Yellowhammers are getting less wary in my garden, or just more hungry




I'm going with this ID, Migrant Hoverfly - Eupeodes corollae as a best effort (so far)


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