Videos of White-winged Scoter, Great Northern Diver and Slavonian Grebe and more, with screen grabs from the videos which were filmed at 125 optical and 1.4 times digital zoom due to the distance the birds were offshore. Normally I wouldn't keep or post photos/video of this poor quality, but these may be the only records I'll get!
With mild weather forecast for next week 4th - 11th November, the birds may stay around and if I can get an opportunity I'll try to find them inshore and get some decent media.
The White-winged Scoter (found by Dan Pointon) is an American species and classed as a "Mega" in the UK, the highest rarity rating. It's likely that it and most of the birds currently in Lunan Bay will move further south and winter in the Forth, or further south.
Video links below in blue text, click to open.
Video links below in blue text, click to open.
White-winged Scoter, approximately 1km offshore from the huts at Corbie Knowe, Lunan Bay
Main ID features, bill mostly pink with a black nob, a much larger eye marking than a Velvet Scoter, and brown flanks
A Velvet drake on the right with yellow bill and smaller eye mark
A collage of various screen grabs
Great Northern Diver, in the same distant area as the scoter
I thought this cloud would stay well offshore, it did but the wind increased and blew straight on to the beach, making the sea choppy and the sea birds all moved even further away
A very late Small White Butterfly, I wonder if the mild weather has caused it to emerge many months early?
Sanderling, just two in 2.2km of beach
And when I returned home I found 8-10 Tree Sparrows on my garden feeders, they appear to outnumber the House Sparrows which haven't returned since a young male Sparrowhawk hunted them daily
Photo from behind the open boot of my car
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