Arbroath West Links, feels like winter arrived today.

Ringed Plover on the beach behind the old bathing pool at Arbroath

I'm not confident to identify this but have asked the experts for help. I'll update this if I get an answer. Thanks to Nicola who suggested a Grey Plover which I've looked up and agree. I had thought it was a poor angle and made it look like a longer beak fore-shortened.

Victoria Park and Danger Point, Arbroath

Heron easily visible and photographed without leaving the car, it was freezing outside.

Oystercatcher, the thick billed version which feeds on molluscs unlike the thin billed which feeds on log and other estuary worms.

Just behind The Old Brewhouse this Rock Pipit was dodging the lapping waves trying to find something to eat.

Montrose Railway Station

I arrived too late for decent light so settled for a view and a rabbit which was just over the sea wall. There were Curlew, Eider, Redshank, Shelduck, Great black backed gulls and more but too far away in the gloaming.