I kinda hoped/expected a Spotted Redshank to turn up at Maryton Ditch on Friday, and a juvenile did turn up after the many Redshanks did, then fly off upstream before most of them. During the wait I had found the long staying Great Egret and was pleased to see a second one land on the roost.
Also 12 Curlew Sandpipers were feeding downstream from my viewpoint, and they mostly progressed up and past me, then were flushed by something.
Later I had the same problem at Rossie Spit when a vehicle back-fired three times on the nearby A92 and everything moved even further away.
I did film some of the waders, most were Redshanks, a few Knot, and a rather obvious Black-tailed Godwit with 6 colour rings.
I'll try to get the colours and sequence from screen grabs from the video I had filmed, showing just how far away I can film with my Nikon Coolpix P1000 in good light and on a tripod.
Spotted Redshank, Montrose Basin Spotted Redshank, Redshanks + Black-tailed Godwit Curlew Sandpiper 2 Curlew Sandpipers
6 Curlew Sandpipers Black-tailed Godwits Great White Egret Great Egret in flight Little Egret Waders flock, zoom demo
Spotted Redshank, long-legged, long beak, upper all black with small downward tip, white supercilium, barred underside
Great White Egret, a second one flew into the same high tide roost
some extra photos all at distance
Great and Little Egrets along with Grey Heron and a Little Grebe. 25 Herons roosted at Rossie Spit with 2 Little Egrets
Pink-footed Goose, I didn't count them but wouldn't be surprised if there were 10,000 plus
Still some Canada Geese around
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