Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Kittiwakes, etc.

Marram Grass growing in the dunes, with the late evening sun shining onto the beach beyond:


The Swansea to Cork ferry leaving Wales and heading off to Ireland at dusk:


A Herring Gull in flight:


I paid a visit to the Kittiwake colony on Mumbles Pier on Sunday. No sign of any hatchlings yet, but plenty of birds on eggs. A few pictures from the visit:







Here's a short video of some squabbling in the colony:

2 comments:

  1. Wow, the sunset is quite nice. It looks like a watercolors with lovely soft colors that warm it up. The seagulls are amazingly in their graceful flying stages!

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  2. I adore the first image here and not many people do but I love seagulls. Have a collection of them started.
    Thanks for stopping by. Im following your blog. I guess you know Im new here . Thanks again.

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