A Puffin Beakful

Posted on August 10, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here are a few shots of puffins with beakfuls of goodies for their hungry pufflings taken on Staple Island, Inner Farne. These puffins were the lucky ones as most returning with beakfuls of sand eels bore the brunt of the much larger and sand eel-thieving gulls. ‘Tis a hard life indeed.

Puffin with a beakful

Puffin with sand eels

Puffin with a beakful

Puffin with sand eels

Puffin with a beakful

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Puffins in Flight

Posted on August 5, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here are a few shots of puffins in flight taken at Staple Island, one of the outer group of the Farne Islands in Northumberland, England.

Puffin in Flight

Ring-Necked Parakeet

Posted on July 23, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here are a couple of shots of a ring-necked parakeet taken at Broad Colney Lakes nature reserve in Hertfordshire. For once it was a pleasure to observe a parakeet feeding in relative silence as they are infamous for being very noisy.

Ring-Necked Parakeet

Arctic Terns in Flight

Posted on July 22, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here are more shots of arctic terns in flight taken at the Farne Islands.

Arctic Tern

Pied Wagtail

Posted on July 20, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here are a couple of shots of a pied wagtail taken recently in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.

Pied Wagtail

White Faced Scops Owl

Posted on June 9, 2015 by John Mallaney

Here is a static shot of a white faced scops owl taken at the Raptor Foundation in Cambridgeshire. A relatively small owl this fascinating looking raptor is native to the southern half of Africa.