Most of the Kittiwakes have arrived on the cliffs at Arbroath, although many were at sea and some were flying in from the south. I didn't see any auks, just a few Shags, Cormorants and some Gannets.
At Murton the the Chiffchaffs had stopped singing but I counted 12-15 Willow Warblers singing, along with 5 Blackcaps, Sand Martin numbers are rising and a brief Osprey.
No Terns seen at Glaxo, Montrose at high tide, and still time for Whitethroats to appear.
A reeling Grasshopper Warbler was near the mill car park at Mains of Dun but it didn't show. The path at the Lurgies is still closed, water is leaking through the ongoing repairs.
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Reelin in the years Eider courtship, a very popular duck! My garden Vixen, I'm supplementing her while she's lactating
Kittiwake at Arbroath Cliffs
Fulmars, definitely married, one minute cuddling
the next minute squabbling
I saw about 10 Gannets flying well offshore going north, all single birds
Rock Pipit
Goldfinch at Murton NR, Forfar
I was alerted by the noisy crows who were chasing this Osprey which briefly hovered above one of the pools
Peacock Butterfly, not very active in the north wind
The Sand Martins were occasionally looking at and flying near the nest wall
Yellowhammer
The female of a pair of Linnets at Glaxo, Montrose
the male
Meadow Pipit on the Glaxo fence
A single Ringed Plover on Montrose Beach, it won't get enough peace there for nesting, which is becoming the norm on all of the Angus beaches
Just a Mute Swan backlit in the bright sunlight at Mains of Dun
Wren, declaring his territory and trying to interest a female in one of the nests he's built
I can't believe that I hadn't seen these carvings before on a large tree near the track to the Lurgies car park
