The last couple of weeks have been a swine flu filled fun time. Despite this I have managed to get away on survey for a bit in the Moray Firth latterly. No great shakes but a few skeins of
Pink-feet were the highlights on a choppy trip. I managed a few snaps of
Herring and
Great Black-backed Gulls and a couple even came out ok considering they were handheld on a boat in seastate 4.
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Herring Gull in silhouette |
The gull theme was continued today with some Mediterranean Gulls in pretty terrible light at Holbeck car park, Scarborough.
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Mediterranean Gull |
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| Black-headed Gulls |
I also tried for the Iceland Gull in Scarborough Harbour. Abject fail - all the gulls were up in the air, presumably due to Peregrines patrolling the air space. A female Red-breasted Merganser in the harbour was a pleasant surprise and the Great Northern Diver was patrolling the South Bay, year ticks both.
Just to prove I'm not gull obsessed here is a Tree Sparrow
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| Tree Sparrow |
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