When we arrived in the car park we noticed quite a lot of birds on a field next to it. On it there was Starling, Oyster Catcher, Redshank and some stunning Turnstone! We watched these amazing birds for a while before heading of to the cliffs.
Oyster Catcher
After that we had a walk around the cliffs. While we were walking along them me and my Dad spotted lots of Oyster Catcher flying across untill my Dad spotted something a little defferent. My Dad told me and I soon got my eyes on the bird, as I took a few shots I then comfirmed it was a stunning winter plumaged Red Throated Diver! Sadly we couldn't get very good views as it was quite distant.
Afterwards we had a walk along another part of the cliffs. On our walk along them we spotted Redshank, Fulmars, Oyster Catcher and lots of Cormorant.When we reached the end of the cliffs I spotted 3 ducks on the water, we soon got our scope onto them and then realised they were 3 cracking female Eiders! This was our first sighting of them for us so we were really pleased to have seen these great birds.
Eider
After a great days birding we headed home.
I really like the first flying Oyster Catcher picture, it needs to clean that beak a bit. From Findlay
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Hope you had a good Christmas
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of pics Ellis , well done you two on another great birding session .
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely freezing but cracking afternoon (pleased we took the flasks) ;-)
ReplyDeleteSuper spot for the Eiders mate and some lovely shots