We had wander around Aberlady on Sunday, one of our favourite places.
Starting off with a Curlew.
Lots of Pink-footed Geese taking off for the day in search of food.
This shot shows around a third of the birds present when we arrived. We were a bit later than usual in arriving, so I suspect there were quite a few more earlier on.
A lovely female Reed Bunting, one of my (many) favourite birds.
One of two Magpies annoying a female Sparrowhawk.
She saw them off, then did a lap of honour.
With a low level fly by just to rub it in.!! :-)
We didn't see many Deer, but this was one which we did manage to spot. A lovely female Roe Deer.
Over to Gullane point and looking over part of the bay.
Quite a few thing around here but not photographed. Grey Plover, Turnstone, Common and Velvet Scoter, Rock Pipit, Redshank.
A pair of Eider Duck just as we arrived at our favourite sandwich eating place.
Curlew fly by.
An Oystercatcher who was definitely checking me over.!! :-)
A young Black-headed Gull feeding in the surface.
Adult Black-headed Gull.
Adult Common Gull.
Shag fly by.
Hard cropped Red-throated Diver.
And a few Sanderling to finish off with.
The ringed bird in the next photo is a four year old bird, ringed on the isle of Sanday in the Orkneys. Interestingly, it's the same bird as I reported in December of last year.!!
There was another ringed bird possibly from a Dutch project (according to the guy from the Orkney project), but one of the flags appears to be broken off so I'm not sure if a positive ID will come back
As I mentioned earlier, one of our favourite places, and well worth a visit if you ever have the chance. :-)