On the 3 mile walk around the reserve were Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Linnet, Goldfinch, Sedge Warbler, Dunnock, Swallow, Oystercatcher, Lesser-black Backed, Greater-black Backed, Herring and Black-headed Gull, Artic Tern, Shellduck, Eider, Emperor Geese, Cormorant, Brown Hare and a single Grey Seal bobing amongst the waves.
ABOVE DRAKE AND FEMALE EIDER, BELOW EMPREROR GEESE NOT NATIVE TO THIS COUNTRY BUT ESCAPED BIRDS THAT HAVE BRED ON PREVIOUS YEARS ON THE ISLAND
ABOVE NESTING LESSER BLACK BACKED GULL BELOW IN FLIGHT
ABOVE DISTANT VIEW OF A OYSTERCATCHER CHICK BELOW MEADOW PIPT
ABOVE AND BELOW A SWALLOW THAT WAS QUITE HAPPY TO SIT ON THE ROOF OF THE PAYMENT BOOTH WHILST WE PHOTOGRAPHED IT AT REASONABLY CLOSE RANGE.
3 comments:
I'm glad you had a good day and hopefully avoided most of the miserable weather down here. A nice cross-section of birds to keep you busy. Were there any terns nesting? Mike.
It was raining for the first half of the walk (that fine stuf that soaks you to the skin!) but it warmed up later. The Tern arn't nesting on Walney but can be found on nearby Foulney which we are going to head up to soon.
Walney has to be one of my fave places, I haven't been for a while though (only once in the last 20 or so years and that was 8 years ago).
Nice pics of the Eiders.............
I used to see Lesser Whitethroats sometimes in Penwortham sometimes but that habitat is all gone now alas.....
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