Having arrived back in Edinburgh from Helsinki the previous evening and with Ingrid occupied with packing to move back south, I took the bus to Musselburgh for one last visit. Nothing especially unusual, but
Skylark and
Ringed Plover were trip ticks and there was an increase in
Velvet Scoter numbers offshore, with 96 counted, along with just six
Common Scoters. Other bits included 92
Goosanders, a
Red-throated Diver, a
Great Crested Grebe, 182
Bar-tailed Godwits, seven
Knots, two
Common Sandpipers, four
Greenshanks, a
Puffin and a couple of
Razorbills. A juvenile female
Peregrine tried its luck with putting the waders up but didn't manage to knock anything out of the sky.
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| juvenile Greenshank |
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| Knots |
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| Eider |
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| Dunlins and Oystercatchers |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Harbour Seals |
