Birds at Cramond

Managed down to Cramond village on the city outskirts today after a general thaw set in. Tide pretty high and several wading birds viewable at quite close range, including single greenshank, small party of dunlin and a scattering of bar tailed godwits. One male red breasted merganser fishing the river Almond opposite the boat club. Further out on the mud saw a couple of lesser black back gulls amongst a throng of black headed gulls(one with more or less complete summer plummage of black/brown head).



Dunlin feeding at Cramond harbour