Hopefully the Goose isn't cooked!!

   
I've written a bit about the goose it's photo is below, and sent the video to people who would want to know.

Elsewhere, the Fieldfare numbers at the Lurgies are up, the Great Egret is still around, the ducks are wary and a Goldcrest and Long-tailed Tit posed briefly.

A late afternoon look for white winged gulls in Arbroath was unsuccessful, but I did find a pair of Stonechats within the town.

Pink-footed Goose, avian flu?      Fieldfare in better light      Black-tailed Godwits, Montrose Station

Pink-footed Goose at Montrose Railway Station which appeared to have avian flu. We've been told by Defra not to touch birds with suspected avian flu, and yet the shooting goes on and they even eat them. That all sounds like the methods that past viruses have used and found their way into humans and where they mutated. We all know what happens then!!

Fieldfare on the Lurgies path

This Goldcrest was briefly on the path pecking at a stone, then it disappeared into the bushes. I'd never noticed before that they have orange coloured feet

I know I post a lot of Great Egret photos, wouldn't you? This one from the Lurgies on Saturday

Long-tailed Tit, Lurgies path

Teal near the Slunks, they're very wary as are most of the ducks in the area where they can be shot!

Mute Swans, Lurgies

No Waxwings at Newhame Road in Montrose when I visited, but this Fieldfare posed briefly

This one in Olive's garden was flushed from its apple briefly

In "wonderful light" and an appropriate background, this female Stonechat had worked it's way along the beach to the rear of the Old Brewhouse in Arbroath

This male Stonechat followed the female above