Juv Peregrine
A much brighter morning with a lighter wind and feeling quite mild, until you arrived on the cliffs! Normal then! A bit busier around the reserve but I was able to keep my distance from those around me and there was no "unsocial hogging", at least not at 0600hrs!
Looking at most of the nests on the cliffs, they are rather scruffy, but some of the birds have gone a little bit upmarket!...
Herring Gulls (I call them Marmite Gulls) are usually little trouble on the cliffs, unlike there urban relations. One of a pair near Bartlett Nab was observed this morning dive bombing people as they approached the viewpoint. This is the culprit - has trouble written all over its face! (the blood is not human!)...
No doubt protecting it's young...
Close to Bartlett Nab is a pair of Gannets that took over and enlarged a Kittiwakes nest as first time breeders this year, have now produced a chick!...
Close by, other Gannet Gugas continue developing...
If you make mistakes in life, it can become a bit of a struggle as this Puffin found out...
Eventually coming to rest...
Razorbill with Jumpling...
Okay, okay, I'm sorry, you're bum doesn't look big at all, now come back to bed!...
Guillemots...
It is very late in the year for a Guillemot to be on an egg. But what is happening here? The top of the egg looks as if it is cracking, so could we be looking at a young Guillemot entering the world? Is it a damaged egg that the Guillemot has been incubating, without hope of hatching? More questions than answers! Time will tell!...
The fish! Another interesting observation. The Guillemot with the fish is not a parent of the chick that can be seen close in to the rock. Again we can only question - Has the Guillemot become disorientated as to it's nest? Is it a confused female whose chick has fledged and gone out to sea with the male? Is it a male still trying to find a mate or tempt a female away from the life time bond of another pair? Again, many more questions than answers!...
A random Kittiwake!...
With the name of Tree Sparrow, you do see a lot on the cliff face!...
One of the Barn Owls showed well this morning (NOT) LOL!...
As did this Roe Deer Buck...
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Yesterday, I posted images of views showing the darkness over Bills Mothers! Today, the views were much better!...
Best bird of the day, for me was the 😀😀!
