Bird portraits at Stover Country Park

It’s cold and I fancy a walk. There are Black Headed Gulls at Stover Country Park.

Black-Headed Gull - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

I love the way their toes dangle.

The male Blackbird has a bright yellow beak in the low sunshine:

Blackbird - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

A Robin sits in the shade:

Robin - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

There are Cormorants perched on the top of a tree, with one drying its wings, and a Mute Swan coming to see if I have any food:

And there’s a Woodpigeon with its duck-egg green eyes and egg-shaped iris:

We share the Earth with aliens.

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