... for the seabird colonies. Yep, the 'rug' the chick is stood on is an ex-chick.
2007 wasn't particularly a good year on the north coasts. Many of the Kitti nests further North seemed to suffer from lower chick numbers and a number of chicks starved - you can see one lucky chick and one not so lucky chick in this shot.
Hopefully the miserable & stormy weather we're getting now doesn't presage another bad, wet, spring & summer .
Not been around much recently for image posting - but looks like you lot have been managing to keep the standards up with all the shots you've been posting . Keep up the good work!
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... for the seabird colonies. Yep, the 'rug' the chick is stood on is an ex-chick.
2007 wasn't particularly a good year on the north coasts. Many of the Kitti nests further North seemed to suffer from lower chick numbers and a number of chicks starved - you can see one lucky chick and one not so lucky chick in this shot.
Hopefully the miserable & stormy weather we're getting now doesn't presage another bad, wet, spring & summer
Not been around much recently for image posting - but looks like you lot have been managing to keep the standards up with all the shots you've been posting
Last spring was a washout for ground nesting birds on my patch, and it doesn't look too promising for this spring either
On the plus side, talking about the weather is a tradition for us brits, so it could actually be quite a good year after all
Nice little NH shot!!
Alan