The Lurgies, Montrose Basin - In search of Spotted Redshank

Two Black-tailed Godwits and a Spotted Redshank were reported at the Lurgies this morning and despite mixing up my tides I did find the Redshank but at over 300 metres away I couldn't get a photo. No sign of the Godwits but as many birds were sitting above the high water mark in long grass they could have been there. Photos below from the Lurgies and Tayock.

Black-headed Gull at Tayock

Greenfinch chick at Tayock

Whitethroat at Tayock

Wigeon in front of the Shelduck Hide

Willow Warbler at the Lurgies

Yellowhammer at the Lurgies

Killiecrankie, Blair Atholl and Glen Tilt

I cadged a lift to Faskally with the caravan people and biked from Faskally through the Pass of Killiecrankie, Blair Atholl and up Glen Tilt as far as Marble Lodge. I'd hoped to see Pied Flycatchers at the visitor centre and didn't but saw a pair between the centre and Killiecrankie, unfortunately scared off by a big truck.

Lower Glen Tilt is mature woodland and birds were almost impossible to see but as the countryside opened up I saw Common Sandpiper, Wheatear and eventually at the bridge above Marble Lodge a Spotted Flycatcher. Other birds were, Goosander, Buzzard, Kestrel, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler, Meadow Pipit, Oystercatcher and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

Spotted Flycatcher, below

Common Sandpiper

Wheatear

Roe Buck

Trying to identify this, maybe some kind of Tiger Beetle?

Montreathmont Forest and Lake Garda!

From the top, Great Spotted Woodpecker, female with no red marking on the head.
A Jay which came in quite close, the photo hasn't been cropped just shrunk.
Large Red Damselflies mating, the male is the skinny but prettier one!

Olive's Red-Crested Pochard from Lake Garda.