Bittern videos and a dodgy goose photo

Some very rare video of the Bittern hunting in the open at Montrose Basin at the links below and for good measure one with a White-fronted Goose and another with some of the 88 Pintails I saw from the roadside at the Forfar turn off at the basin. I'm stuck in the house!!!

Bittern, possibly going to roost                           White-fronted Goose (Eurasian)

Bittern hunting                                                    Pintails at Montrose Basin

Bittern hunting video 2

Photo of the White-fronted Goose from far away and not the best of day to take it

Pomarine Skua and the Basin Bittern

Luckily today when I visited the SWT Centre at Montrose Basin the newly arrived Bittern obliged by walking into the open just long enough to get a few photos. I then left there to look for a Slavonian Grebe reported at Lunan Bay and got some distant shots of a Pomarine Skua which flew in from the sea and temporarily landed on the beach. Finally after much perseverance I did find the Slavonian Grebe but it was too far out in light to poor for the camera.

Bittern at the Bank of Scotland Hide

Pomarine Skua at Lunan Bay

I wonder if it's the same one I saw near Arbroath this week?

Glaucous Gull juvenile at Westhaven

A Glaucous Gull today at Westhaven feeding on a seal carcass. Despite the gull being disturbed and flying away from the carcass it did return each time, obviously it couldn't leave such a large meal. I originally found it nearby eating a dead octopus washed up after last weeks storms.

The first video at the carcass loses focus due to the low light, the second is OK and taken when brighter out on the rocks.


Glaucous Gull eating a seal carcass, click here,

Glaucous Gull video 2, click here,