Kittiwakes 2025, Arbroath Cliffs

My yearly look at the Kittiwakes along Arbroath Cliffs, with a supporting act including Butterflies, Moths, Bees and Birds. I'd hazard an educated guess that the Kittiwake numbers are down by 40 - 50%, I didn't see any Auks at all, no Shags, only 4 Gannets and a brief glimpse of a Pomarine Skua north of the Mariners Grave. Later, around 1800hrs two Pomarine Skuas were seen at Whiting Ness, one photographed which looked to be very close in!

Kittiwake adult

1st summer Kittiwake

rudimentary nests

and no hygiene

Surely it was calling "Kittiwake"

preening

The only Fulmar I saw!

Herring Gull

Green-veined White Butterfly

Meadow Brown Butterfly

Pale Straw Pearl Moth Udea lutealis

Red-tailed Bumblebee

Six-spot Burnet Moth

Small Copper Butterfly

Collared Dove, it flew over my house as I stood on the street trying to get a better Swift photo, not helped by their very fast circuits and appearing from behind houses...

Swift, about the same quality as the previous ones