| The month got off to a slow start, with very few migrants passing through southern Scotland (at least on the days I was able to get out anyway), so I contented myself with the usual suspects at Barns Ness. |
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
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Immature Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
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| A trip down to St. Abbs to attempt to photograph the Bittern resulted in little more than a couple of half-decent shots of Willow Warbler. |
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Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
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| Things got a bit more interesting in the middle of the month with the arrival of another Buff-breasted Sandpiper at John Muir CP, Lothian. Thankfully, this Buff-breasted was not associating with any other waders like the other one was, and was consequently far more approachable. |
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| Another good bird that showed well was a juvenile White-winged Black Tern on the River Clyde at Lamington. It spent almost all of it's time quartering up and down the river searching for insects on the aquatic plants... |
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| ...but it did occassionally stop for a rest on some rocks. |
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| The month ended much as it started - at Barns Ness photographing the common stuff again! |
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1st winter female Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarellii)
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adult winter female or 1st winter male Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarellii)
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