Shags

Shags

04/05/2013

Inner Farne, Northumberland

A few photographs of the very few Shags breeding in viewable positions on Inner Farne, Northumberland, due to the very late spring.

Beautiful Northumberland

Beautiful Northumberland

04/05/2013 to 07/05/2013

Northumberland

Cracking weekend in Northumberland, with just a disappointment on the trip to The Farne Islands, where as previously stated not many birds were about due to the late spring, but than it's always a good excuse to return!!!!

Holy Island

Dunstanburgh Castle

Bamburgh Castle

Longstone Lighthouse (where Grace Darling rowed from, with her father to save lives, from a sinking paddle steamer)

Eider Ducks

Eider Ducks

04/05/2013

Warkworth and The Northumberland Coast

Eider ducks were one of the highlights of, though a lovely weekend, a poor birding weekend to the Farne Island and Northumberland, as many of the birds had yet to arrive due to the very late spring, indeed hardly any Puffins were about, along with even fewer few terns, though a few photographs will follow these amazing looking ducks in the next couple of days.

Foxy Lady

Foxy Lady

08/05/2013

Castle Headland, Scarborough

At last, after a couple of years looking at the Peregrines and seabirds, a decent sighting of a Fox, previously seen by other local birders but never me. This a Vixen which seems to be heavily pregnant, in search of food below the various nest sites.

Murder at Brompton Ponds

Murder at Brompton Ponds

02/05/2013

Brompton Ponds

Two Lesser Black Backed Gulls, at Brompton Ponds, on my usual Lunchtime wonder taking very small ducklings at will. Not nice to see, though very interesting how the Gulls worked together, with one distracting the adult Mallards away from the ducklings and the other doing the snatch and grab raid.

Please note I did try, but to no avail, to disturb the Gulls, with a little whistling, shouting and waving of arms.

 

 

 

Brown Hares

Brown Hares

24/04/2013

Wykeham Ings

Something really on my to do list this year try and capture some better shots of the Brown Hare, this a quick first effort on my way to work.

Kittiwakes

Kittiwakes

01/05/2013

Castle Headland, Scarborough

 

The Kittiwakes seem to have finally come off the sea this week and have started to prepare the nest areas, show courtship displays and breed.

 

Thank goodness spring has finally come and the cold weather and winds have finally departed (fingers crossed!!!).