A very pleasant start to the day with blue sky, sunshine, light breeze and rising temperatures. A slowly receding tide still covered the harbours rock armour and walls, meaning you had to look down at the birds. Not ideal but that's nature!
Purple Sandpipers
Turnstones
No sign of any other waders!
All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.
A very pleasant start to the day with blue sky and sunshine and very little wind enabled the temperature to rise! Just what we need! A couple of walks around the harbour area before 0830hrs.
All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.
A pleasant walk to the cliffs this morning, still dull and cloudy but becoming brighter and less cold than of late. Not a lot of change on the ledges, Puffins were tricky to find and the Black Browed Albatross was AWOL! A Great Skua (Bonxie) headed north.
The first eggs are appearing on the cliffs leading to opportunist predation. This Herring Gull grabbed a Guillemot egg, flew to its breakfast table, and devoured it! By the time I arrived, this is all that was left. Luckily, although Guillemots and Razorbills only raise one young, they can lay up to three eggs if predation occurs.
Kittiwake trying to achieve a "Roger Bimbo, WW2" RAF moustache!
Guillemot
Although most seabirds are loyal to their mates, opportunist birds can "jump" in and take advantage! The following image "Guillemot Or*y", shows an opportunist Guillemot engaging in cloacal rubbing (far right bird in group)!
And a pair of Razorbills not to be outdone by the Guillemots!
A random Yellowhammer
Puffins were hard to find
All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.
With recent weather stuck in a rut with cold, grey, dull and cloudy, I checked the forecast at bedtime and was cheered to see today would be brighter, more sunshine and a sunrise. Setting the alarm for 0430hrs I awoke to ..... grey cloud! Checking the forecast, they had changed it to dull and cloudy until late morning. Why do we consider such an incompetent science? Slowed down a bit before heading out later than planned. As a consolation, I did manage to capture some great variations in light from the cliffs.
All images taken handheld with Sony RX10 Mk4.
An early morning visit to Filey on yet another dull, cloudy and cold day. I started off at Carr Naze pond where I was able to touch base with the male Ring Ousel and watch a distant Short-eared Owl hunting in the rocket pole field. Unfortunately no images due to light and distance. I then headed down to Filey Dams reserve where I hoped to see the Garganey pair. Eventually they showed to the left of the main hide, mainly in the reeds, but the male did venture into open water for a while.
Garganey
Gadwall
Female Mallard reflecting on patenting a natural "back scratcher"!
Barn Owl
Grey Lag Geese
Teal
Blackcap
Tree Sparrow
All image taken handheld/ bean bag with Canon 7D Mk2 and 400mm 5.6 prime lens.
