Showing posts with label sea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sea. Show all posts

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Little Terns in Rough Seas

 The colony of Little Terns at Winterton looks to have done OK this year though there are young yet to fledge and the present  very windy weather presents a challenge to learning to fly and fish. The temperature and rough seas were more reminiscent of a day there in November than July. The Little terns looked so small against the giant waves and even the seals were dwarfed by the rollers. Juvenile Terns and Ringed plovers hunkered down in the sand to brave out the winds'

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Starlings Leave Roost (Brighton 20th January )

Still catching up on images from trip to Brighton. This was my last morning when my planned walk from Brighton along towards Shoreham was a bit delayed by the wonderful spectacle, first of the starlings leaving the old West Pier and flying off over Hove and then by the colours of the sunrise.

 

Friday, January 20, 2023

Brighton Sunrise

Very colourful sunrise yesterday morning - just enough cloud to give interest to the sky and some good pools to reflect it in. Several groups of swimmers braved the water while the air temperature was well below freezing

Monday, October 3, 2022

Storm on Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

Friday was very windy with gusts up to 50mph and near horizontal rain - not pleasant for being out but well worth time spent in a shelter on Freshwater Bay photographing the spray and waves. These were taken with shutterspeeds  from1/3200th to 1/8th second, all handheld, some with deliberate camera movement added. 

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Hunstanton Birds

I spent Friday morning on Hunstanton Beach, watching and attempting to photograph some of the birds including the colony of 
Fulmars that nest on the cliff in the company of Swifts. As the tide went out the rocks were visited by Oyster Catchers, Cormorant, Curlew, Redshank and various Gulls including Mediterranean with the eye ring and pure white plumage.