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)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Black-Headed-Gulls-The-Hall-of-Einar-0047-725x483.jpg)
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)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Blackbird-The-Hall-of-Einar-0117-725x408.jpg)
A Robin sits in the shade:
![Robin - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Robin-The-Hall-of-Einar-9904-725x483.jpg)
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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