some unpublished Montagu's Harriers

Never put these up before - from a few years back now -- food pass

another 2cy male Hen Harrier

from a few weeks back now -- catching up with some image processing!

male Marsh Harrier is back

need to check how many years this male has been breeding locally but its a few now - the regular female is not back yet --

male Bittern

the blue lores and the location of the black stripes on the head give this bird a bit of an odd look

The humble Coot

Avocets from a different angle

always interesting to get a different take on a familiar subject

Black-throated Thrush revisited

wanted to have another look at the Black-throated Thrush before it departs for the east and had an idea of what shots I wanted to try and get an din spite of the dull weather it did the full wing and tail spread on three occasions and managed to get the underwing coverts about as well I as I had hoped

Waxwings make any dull day brighter

First I had seen for a long time and in a typically awful location by a busy road on an industrial estate
The colour ringed birds are from the Grampian ringing scene - details submitted