Some of the diminishing number of birds still at Montrose Basin, followed by photos from Arbroath Cliffs, and numbers of birds in my garden have been boosted since some unwelcome visitors were thwarted from getting at a fat ball feeder.
Rooks at fat ball feeder, click here for video Jackdaw also a nuisance
Shelduck at the Lurgies on 24/5/2023
A distant shot of an Osprey with a metal ring fishing near Miss Erskine's Bank as the tide rose
An unexpected drake Pintail with his mate out of frame near the Slunks, also two pairs of Gadwall still, and there are two Common Sandpipers behaving as if they've nested
Ringed Plover with a couple of Dunlin, the whole flock was around forty birds
While standing behind my favourite gorse bush this Red-breasted Merganser flew in
Eider female in repose just before the tide covered its sun-bathing spot
Rock Pipit from 2 metres, it was sitting on a fence post on the cliff path at Arbroath Cliffs
You might be careful while eating your picnic off this table, this Rock Pipit is sharing it
No Kittiwake chicks yet
Buffish Mining Bee
Green-veined White Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly
Blackbird in my garden
The first sighting of my Dunnock for a while
The Greenfinches must have chicks to feed as they've become less reluctant to leave the feeders
I thought it was a good thing when I first saw a Rook in my garden, that was before there were six, a Crow and two Jackdaws
I've spent the last month or two feeding Starlings and they thanked me by taking their young to Olive's pal's garden. Probably the Rooks fault as now the juvenile Starlings have arrived after the Rooks left
I've still got two Tree Sparrows visiting both the back and front garden, most years they'll bring their young and some other families, but not for a while yet I suspect
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