April 2005 : Part 1
male Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Musselburgh was quite productive the first couple of weekends of the month, with quite a few birds close in to the sea wall.
male Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
male Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
female Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
male Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
non-breeding Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) moulting into breeding plumage
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
I also saw my first spring migrant of the year...
male Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
male Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
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