Bempton Cliffs Part 2... Gannets...

Well here is part 2, the Gannets... These truly are one of my Favourites birds, so graceful and manoeuvrable for such large birds and there were so many of them I thought they would be easy to get photos of but because there were so many, you never new were to point your lens...

I started off around the Gannet colony with a few of the stationary birds;











After this I turned my attention to the many birds taking to the skies, this time of year there were a lot of juvenile birds around and when in flight you can really see the difference;




















I saw this bird flying up and down almost unhindered but I can't help but think this might be the end of it, when I first took this picture, I thought that it was carrying weed back to it's nest for nesting material but on a closer inspection I found that it was a fishing net wrapped around it's neck... Been a fisherman myself I find this a very upsetting image and one I wish that I didn't have the chance to take...

I'm Back...

Well it's been a while but I'm back, i've just arrived back from wales where I have been on many nature watching walks, as I've taken so many pictures, I will be uploading them in different blogs, I hope that you like them...

kittiwakes

Fulmar

Chough

Gannet
Puffin

Razorbills


Guillemot

Well this is the summarised Bird gallery of my holiday, rather surprisingly I only went out birding 3 maybe 4 times during the 2 weeks, most of the pictures that I took were taken just wandering around the local areas and towns.

South Wales.... a place I'd highly recommend for an easy holiday of Birding/ general nature watching, Walking, leisure, and there's plenty of small shopping towns the keep the misses amused or even me when she dragged me out... Seriously it's a beautiful area of the country and anyone who's never been there should see it.

Anyway, sorry for the long break but I hope you like what your seeing.

Thanks always Lee Harrison.