Gannets ragging the cliff top vegetation
An almost perfect spring morning with sunshine, blue sky and warmth! Walking up Hoddy Cows Lane, my attention was drawn to a copse where I know Sparrowhawks frequent. What drew my attention was a bird of prey with white marks on its back, more noticeable as it caught the sun. I really needed my [at home] scope as it was quite distant! I eventually realised it was a juvenile Sparrowhawk...
Birds of the day included Curlew (1); Lesser Whitethroat (4); Yellow Wagtail (pair); Corn Bunting (4); Wheatear (3); Sedge Warbler (1).
Most of the passerines were playing hard to capture and this is the best I could do with one of the three Wheatears...
All of the breeding sea birds were present but the Fulmars were still few and Puffins needed to be searched for (nothing new there!).
Mud, mud, glorious mud - just right for Kittiwake nest lining...
Glamorous Gannets...
These Herring Gulls have probably not eaten a chip in their lives!...
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