Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Kingfisher, Great Egret, Little Gull and scarce Ducks

   
Lots of videos due to the lack of light, it was 16/1/2026 when I last used my DSLR, and the wind and rain made it difficult to film video even on a tripod, and cold fingers didn't help. The ducks were distant and some were screen grabs from video.

From the Kingfisher Hide at SWT Montrose Basin I managed to film the Kingfisher and Egrets using my Z8 at 8K handheld, the trouble was I found my editing software would only save files at 4K. That was probably a good thing as most PC's wouldn't be powerful enough to display the results.

Kingfisher, SWT Montrose Basin      Great and Little Egrets      Great Egret fishing      Little Gull 1st winter, East Haven      Little Gull, another one


Arbroath Harbour entrance         Vixen and egg         



Kingfisher at the newly named Kingfisher Hide (was the Bank of Scotland Hide). Photos in mid to late afternoon during intermittent light rain














Great Egret and Little Egret catching shrimps in the salt pans


Pochard drake at the east end of Forfar Loch (P1000 photos)



Scaup drake



Ring-necked drake and Tufted Duck



Pochard, Ring-necked and Scaup



Ring-necked and Scaup




Murton Nature Reserve, Wetlands from car park hide, the first time in years that the pool is full



Buddy's Loch, Murton also full

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