An afternoon look at birds along the coast and harbour in Arbroath, with photos of some of the winter visitors, some passing through, and others that have moved to the coast as the seasons advance.
The first photos have been assembled to tell the story of a Cormorant, I've never seen one acting like it did, and I see plenty of them in winter.
More later and maybe some video....
Strange behaviour by a young Cormorant at Inchcape Beach in Arbroath this week. They often sit out the high tide on the marker poles of a disused launch slipway, another white elephant plan gone wrong, here in Arbroath
I didn't get any photos, but it had just regurgitated it's stomach contents into a hollow at the top of the metal pole
Next it started to retrieve the fish and swallow them again
The fish appears to have broken shells stuck to it, I wonder if that is an aid to digestion?
It's not going down easily
Now it's preening to get fish slime and scales of its plumage
The first returning Purple Sandpipers at the harbour, found by John Adam while I was on my way to look for them
One of my favourites, a plucky and hardy species, a Rock Pipit, which winters in and around the harbour and beaches nearby. They are songbirds that behave like waders
Its got a small sand dwelling crustacean in its beak
Now its grabbed a fly
Turnstone, another species that will see out the winter around the harbour and Angus coastline
A juvenile Ringed Plover
Redshank
Pied Wagtail
Stonechat male at Victoria Park
2nd winter (ish) Great Black-backed Gull, Victoria Park
Greenfinch, one of at least 40 feeding on Rosa Rugosa on the pitch n' put course near Gayfield
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