A lucky escape for a Kittiwake, Wheatears on my Corn Bunting survey, also seven Corn Buntings. Two contrasting Moths and more of the wee fellas in mine and Olives gardens.
I may have a Dolphin video, but it will be short as the camera battery was exhausted and it switched off while filming.
A Herring Gull and two Kittiwakes were quietly standing on the old sewer piper at Danger Point, Arbroath, peacefully on a warm June evening
Then this, the gull decided it might just mange a whole Kittiwake, or was it just a bit of devilment?
It just wouldn't let go, and a tug of war went on for around a minute with the Kittiwake becoming more frantic
Surely the feathers would break off and it would escape
or it just got lucky and the gull lost its grip
No apparent damage
Early morning on my latest Corn Bunting survey, and just as I was thinking that I hadn't seen any Wheatears this year, this juvenile popped up onto a dyke. I saw an adult later some distance away
I carry my P1000 on surveys so I can use its zoom and over-expose to see into the low sunlight. Looking into the sun makes telling some species apart very difficult. None of the photos here are into the sun
I had a quick walk around Balgavies hoping the Red-breasted Geese Jenny reported at Murton had relocated to the loch, they hadn't
I've no idea why this moth is called a Mottled Beauty and the one below is described less favourably
A Silver-grounded Carpet Moth at Balgavies Loch
Narcissus Bulb Fly
Leafhopper species on my garden refuse bin
Migrant Hoverfly in my garden, still waiting for a Sun Fly
Buffish Mining Bee
Quite a number of Early Bumblebees visiting Olive's garden, and the Tree Bumblebees are still very active
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