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The rest of the Skomer birds...
all of the non-puffins from yesterday
1. Bathing kittiwake
2. Courting Razorbills
3. Wren
4. Sedge Warbler
5. No photos please!
6. Herring Gull
1. Bathing kittiwake
2. Courting Razorbills
3. Wren
4. Sedge Warbler
5. No photos please!
6. Herring Gull
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Excellent, again, Nicola love the Razorbills 
loving the last GUll image too
love the Razorbills loving the last GUll image too
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Another great set Nicola - love that first one!! 
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Thankyou!
It was really interesting to watch the kittiwakes, they were collecting mud from the edge of a pond in the middle of the island to fortify their nests on the cliff nearby. This one was having a nice bath to wash the mud off
Most kittiwake shots are of them sitting on cliff ledges, so seeing one doing something a bit different made it a bit of an irresistible shot to me! Same with the sedge warbler, they usually hang out in bushes singing....this one was catching insects on the pond from the surrounding rocks.
It was really interesting to watch the kittiwakes, they were collecting mud from the edge of a pond in the middle of the island to fortify their nests on the cliff nearby. This one was having a nice bath to wash the mud off
Most kittiwake shots are of them sitting on cliff ledges, so seeing one doing something a bit different made it a bit of an irresistible shot to me! Same with the sedge warbler, they usually hang out in bushes singing....this one was catching insects on the pond from the surrounding rocks.
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Great Sedge!!
Yellow-legged Herring gull????
Yellow-legged Herring gull????
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That's a good point JR!
Just to clarify, number 5 is a lesser black backed gull (yellow legs), and number 6 is a Herring Gull (pink legs).
I think I confused the matter by not numbering the second Razorbill shot...sorry guys!
Hope you appreciated the Gull ID lesson anyway!
Just to clarify, number 5 is a lesser black backed gull (yellow legs), and number 6 is a Herring Gull (pink legs).
I think I confused the matter by not numbering the second Razorbill shot...sorry guys!
Hope you appreciated the Gull ID lesson anyway!
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Again some really nice shots Nicola, thanks for posting and DONT hold back in future!!
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Fantastic yet again, I love this series if shots.
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Very nice. Particularly like the Sedge Warbler.
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