A Coot and chick at Watermead Lake, Aylesbury.
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Here is a shot of a shag feeding an obviously hungry chick. Taken on the Staple Islands, Inner Farne, Northumberland.
Shag feeding chick
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The one thing that hits you when you step onto the Staple Islands, apart from the stench and noise and other seabirds, is the vast number of guillemots all closely huddled together on the surrounding cliffs. Perhaps this is a tactic employed to deter predators as you have to look very closely to spot their young. As an adult arrives back from sea with its catch it is initially quite chaotic as they try to find their spot (a needle in a haystack comes to mind). Regularly patrolled by hungry gulls who are after an easy meal, the loud and unique sounding roar of the vast colony as the Gull gets close is magical.
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Here are a few head shots of the somewhat strange looking shag taken on Staple Island, Inner Farne.
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Here are a few shots of a shag with chicks taken in the Farne Islands. Amusingly, the final shot shows a couple of shags doing exactly what there name suggests 🙂
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Following my last post on this fantastic looking sea bird in-flight at the Farne Islands, here are a number of shots of the arctic tern in a much more peaceful pose.
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