On Friday (22 August) I travelled through to Port Seton in Lothian (900 bus from Buchanan St Bus Station to Edinburgh Princes Street and then Lothian Buses no 26 to Seton Sands).
At Port Seton I was met by hundreds of Sandwich Terns ........
........... spot the Kittiwake!
And spot the Common Tern!
The highlight, however, was this adult Mediterranean Gull .....
From Port Seton, I headed back to Musselburgh Lagoons (no. 26 bus to the stop before Levenhall roundabout) and a plethora of waders and some gulls ..................
Redshank
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Greenshank
Ruff
These were in addition to waders such as Oystercatcher, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Snipe; plus a solitary Knot. Not a bad wader haul!
There were also a couple of Little Gulls with the Black-headed Gulls ...............
A juvenile Little Gull
An adult Little Gull
From the scrapes I eventually visited the sea wall and managed a photo of a drake Velvet Scoter .............
However, with the light fading and the threat of rain ......
...... I reluctantly left this bird haven and returned home, until next week!
Finally, courtesy of the SOC Clyde Grapevine:
23 August 2014
Four Spotted Flycatchers
in Dawsholm Park LNR, Glasgow, also two Ravens.
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