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WIGEON HIDE IS AN AREA WITH TWO HIDES. ONE LOOKS ON TO THE MONTROSE BASIN [ABOVE RIGHT] AND THE OTHER LOOKS ON TO LURGIES.

ABOVE LEFT SHOWS A LARGE FLOCK OF PINK-FOOTED GEESE IN A FIELD ON NOVEMBER 20, 2022

WHINCHAT

[Saxicola rubetra]

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Left on September 29, 2021

 

Right on August 23, 2020

SEDGE WARBLER [Acrocephalus schoenobaenus]

Left side holding an insect at Balgavies Loch, July 1, 2022, and right perching on stalk at Wigeon on June 16, 2022

REED BUNTING

 [Emberiza schoeniclus]

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Left is a male on

April 9. 2020

 

Right is a female seen at Balgavies Loch on September 10, 2023

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Kept together to show differences

STONECHAT [Saxicola torquata]

Left is a female and centre a male on October 26, 2020 in autumn plumage, and right is another male in spring plumage on March 13, 2024

BUZZARD [Buteo buteo]

Left on August 8, 2020, and right on April 22, 2021, at Tayock

TWITE [Carduela flavirostris]

November 20, 2022

MEADOW PIPIT [Anthus pratensis]

Left is a juvenile on June 1, 2022, and right is an adult on April 8, 2024, same day as high spring tides and rare total eclipse

GOLDFINCH [Carduela carduela]

September 29, 2021

SKYLARK [Alauda arvensis]

Showing raised crest on April 8, 2024

WHITETHROAT [Sylvia communis]

Above is a female on July 1, 2022

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