Cumbrae and Clyde Coast - birds

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Greylag Geese, Sandwich Tern in flight, Black-Tailed Godwit and Gannets diving

0839 greylag geese flying against hills Cumbrae 9643 3311 black-tailed godwit 9395 Gannet diving off Wee Cumbrae composite
9758 9718 Gannet diving sequence with Wee Cumbrae portrait (composite based on sequence of shots at this point) 9764 Gannet diving sequence with Wee Cumbrae Boats and Inner Eilean (composite based on sequence of shots at this point)

The gannet diving sequences were shot at these exact locations, and pasted together in Photoshop, so represent what actually happened at the time.

Buzzard

7529 - Buzzard hovering 7261 - Buzzard in flight 5701 - buzzard hovering

Ringed Plover

6624 - ringed plover balancing 6623 - ringed plover against sea looking left 6622 - ringed plover against the sea looking right
2051 - Ringed Plover and chick 2052 - Ringed Plover chick 2053 -Ringed Plover chick camouflage

Oyster Catcher

7114 oyster catcher flying against wave - cropped 1214 - oyster catcher flock flying 0205 - oyster catcher balancing on orange rock

Redshank

6682 - redshank at sunset on rock 6639 - redshank on lichen rock 4127 - 2 redshanks swimming
4138 - redshank on green seaweed 4325 - redshank with reflection 6616 - redshank group roosting

Teal

6981 - teal group on water - cropped 6989 - teal group resting on shore - cropped 6988 - teal group on shore cropped to three

Grey Heron

5707 - Heron dropping crab in green weedy pool cropped 5707 - Heron dropping crab in green weedy pool cropped to head 5704 - Heron sidelit against green weedy pool

Red Breasted Merganser

7005 - female merganser head - cropped 7011 - female merganser with crab in beak - cropped 0032 female Red-Breasted Mergansers entering water
0777 - red breasted merganser male swimming 0778 - red breasted merganser male diving  

Herring Gull

7622 - Herring Gull wings out Millport with Wee Cumbrae Castle 7625 - Two Herring Gulls Millport with Wee Cumbrae Castle 7626 Herring Gull mewing Millport with Wee Cumbrae Castle

Swallow, House Martins and Swift - click each thumbnail to see a larger version, or the swifts page

9568 - swallow in flight 9532 - house martin flying to nest 9547 - house martin in flight
9594 - house martin in flight 9514 - house martin wings almost closed small but good for a presentation or a web page 9498 - swift silhouette - click for swifts page

 

photos of Millport scenery

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