Best of Friends?!
A bright sunny morning with blue sky but a cooling easterly blow. I'm going to start the account with a few of the passerines seen on my daily walk around my patch.
I was hoping that this Song Thrush would pick up the juicy worm by its side, but alas...
Throughout my entire walk of just under four miles, I am accompanied by the sight and sound of Skylarks. This morning I tried to do justice to poet George Meredith and composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (Lark Ascending) with this Skylark...
The sound of "jangling keys" could only mean a Corn Bunting nearby. It took me ages to locate it. Just love the way they separate their bills when singing...
A sudden movement in one of the arable fields got me on to this Wheatear...
Common Whitethroats are probably the most common spring migrant seen and heard on my walk. This one chose to show well...!
Of course, on this walk, you cannot fail to notice the sight, sound and smell of the seabirds as they go about their breeding season. They are also easier to photograph!
Observation of the seabirds enables you to learn their language. Gannets always "sky point" to indicate they are about to move or fly. Flight commences by a "Geronimo" dive, accompanied by a vocal cry of exhilaration...
Gannets can be viciously quarrelsome...
Puffins can be hard to spot...
As well as obliging...
Over 90,000 Guillemots can be seen in the Bempton area, some 3% of the UK breeding population! Of these, it is thought 2% are "bridled", spot the "white eyeliner"!...
I decided to have a go at "birds in flight" and this morning, Kittiwakes fitted the bill! Some can be seen carrying mud that is used as a nest liner...
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