Skua Pomarine 01

Skua Pomarine 04 

Pomarine skua

  After several days of winter storms a few of these rare but regular visitors landed close to my home in November 2009.  Unaccustomed to humans in their home range of  north-east Europe, this individual could be approached closely (full frame images!), albeit precariously across slippery and deep tidal mud.   Photograph from Severn Estuary, Chepstow,

Iceland Gull 09

Iceland gull

Ring Billed Gull 08

Ring billed gull

Tern Common 13 flight

Tern Common 12 flying

Common tern

Brave little birds that will come within close range - if you know where to go.  In this instance, they fished in front of me just 5m away.

Photograph from Northumberland, June 2008.

Kittiwake 05                                                                                                                   Kittiwake 04 with chick

Kittiwake 09

Kittiwake 03 flight

Kittiwake

Graceful gulls that can become quite tame.  Northumberland, June 2008.

Fulmar 04 flight

Fulmar 02

Fulmar

A fast flyer and not very common. The British Albatross.  

 The bottom photograph was taken with a macro lens and is not cropped!! Northumberland, June 2008.

Herring Gull in Mayweed 01

Herring gull

A familiar face, but it often presents a challenge to get a nice photograph.

Tern Arctic 3 (S)

Tern Arctic 01 fishing

Arctic tern

Classic Farne Islands!

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