A delayed start to our local exercise walk courtesy of incompetent weather forecasters! Sunny intervals the app said, so off we went, only to retreat due to a bitterly cold easterly wind combined with rain, sleet and snow! Now, I'm all for being at one with all nature, but another coffee and toast won! A couple of hours later, with brighter sky, Symphony, Heather and myself headed on our usual walk to the cliffs.
A lot of Fulmar and Gannet activity but best of all was the sight of a Gannet on the ledges, north of Bartlett Nab. Our first for 2021!
A closer look revealed an even rarer species - a Headless Gannet! Although with the strong, cold, easterly wind, I would be hunkered down as well!
Many more of the Gannets are coming close to the cliffs, so it will only be a matter of time before more take possession of their nests.
One of my favourite seabirds, the Fulmar
A post of one of my favourite posts, posted to celebrate the importance that posts need to be posted! I love posting posts of posts!
Pleases stay safe and enjoy your local exercise walks in nature.
Superb images and so evocative. Brings back happy memories when my late wife was alive and we, together with our four children to go for holidays at Stainforth's caravan site at the beginning of the lane up to the reserve. Wonderful days and one of the best places in Britain to be. Thanks and all the best, Gary, The Biking Birder.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gary. Stainforths is still in operation and expanding rapidly but strangely eerie with no one staying due to COVID. We all look forward to a return to some normality so maybe you will come back? Take care and stay safe.
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