Displaced birds, new arrivals and landscape alterations, all in persistent showers and often gusty winds.
Black Guillemot, moulting into winter plumage and it's caught a flounder Black Guillemot with a flounder (slowed)
Black Guillemot (tystie) in front of the Stroma restaurant on the north side of Montrose Road Bridge, another one was near the Lifeboat Station
During a 10 minute spell it caught and ate at least six small crabs
A late Northern Wheatear in front of the Lifeboat shed
A coy looking Shag at Montrose Railway Bridge
Now full awake and alert
There were quite a number of Shags around the bridges and elsewhere in Montrose Basin, they must have come in during Babet
Collared Dove near the sailing club
Now at the Old Harbour where there was a flock of around 150 Fieldfares and Redwings in a ratio favouring the Fieldfares of 90:60
Redwings
A very rare sighting at the Lurgies and most likely displaced by the weather, Great Spotted Woodpecker
Also not common at the Lurgies end of the Basin, 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, couldn't get them all in the frame
Greenshank on the newly altered shingle banks, it will take some time for the river and tide to deposit a layer of mud again
Looking over a large hole which I believe the farmer is already considering his options for repairs
The field to the left of the path was around a third to a half flooded
The "mud" looking from the path towards Montrose, the shingle has been washed bare, although the last time it didn't take long for it to silt up again
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