Kestrel Fest - Auchmithie

I went out on Monday looking for my first 2025 Puffins and found four, but the highlight of my walk around Auchmithie was a pair of Kestrels, and the male hunted close enough for some decent photos. Other returning birds were, Razorbills, Kittiwakes, Shags, Guillemots (a few), Gannets, and some of the birds which will be nesting on the farmland.

I have a Puffin video but it was filmed from too far away, so I'll return when they settle into a routine and more of them have arrived.

I hope you like Kestrels!

Male Kestrel with what I think is a Shrew, or a Bank Vole?

Female Kestrel

Fulmar

Kittiwake

Shag

Reed Bunting female

Reed Bunting male

Linnet pair

Distant shot showing a metal ring

Male Yellowhammer

Gannets going north around 600 metres offshore

Puffins north of Auchmithie and well offshore