I went to the Shelduck Hide at Montrose Basin on Friday in the very unlikely chance that a Short-eared Owl might pop it's head up or even fly a short distance, the wind was very strong and it was the middle of the day - failed.
We did see a collection of late insects active, especially on Ivy and Dandelions so I took the last opportunity of the year to photograph them.
A Razorbill, over 5 km inland and in a ploughed field, I assume it swam upstream via the basin and flew into the field from nearby. It didn't appear ill and was preening and hiding out of the wind
I took this photo from the Shelduck Hide and later measured the distance to the ships at 4.3 km. The photo wasn't taken on my P1000/125 zoom, instead with my DSLR and 500mm lens. A good demonstration of how the lenses can fore-shorten the space between objects, the ships and both bridges only look metres apart
"The Footballer" also known as Sun Fly, on the path to the Shelduck Hide, and a few on the Ivy near the farm
Common Drone Fly Eristalis tenax with Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
Drone Fly
Common Wasp
Red Admiral Butterfly
Common Darter Dragonfly male
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