Feeling on edge

It’s time to destroy my car’s suspension driving on the track to Noup Head Lighthouse.

Noup Head Lighthouse - The Hall of Einar - photograph © David Bailey (not the)

Crawling to the edge of the cliffs at Noup Head I can see lines of Kittiwakes and Common Guillemots. Some have chicks.

Noup Head - The Hall of Einar - photograph © David Bailey (not the)

I take a closer look and it’s so difficult to see which Common Guillemots are sheltering a chick and which aren’t.

Guillemots - The Hall of Einar - photograph © David Bailey (not the)

I wonder whether they have been more successful at raising chicks this year?

I hope so.

Time for more suspension damage.

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David @ the HALL of EINAR
on Northern Nutcrackers
Thanks so much Pat - yes, I was delighted I captured the fleeting poses as they interacted..
Pat Nelson
on Northern Nutcrackers
What a great action shot! The wing positions are so perfect that at first I thought it was an illustration.
David @ the HALL of EINAR
on Greenfinch
Thanks Colin. Yes, I remember the excitement as a child when I saw Greenfinches in the tiny garden of our terraced house as a child, Green birds! - it's as if I was Gerald Durrell...
David @ the HALL of EINAR
on Goldfinch in snow
Yes, American Goldfinches are so... gold! I'd love to see one.
David @ the HALL of EINAR
on A Common Guillemot’s ramphotheca
That's really helpful John - thank you!
John Rochester
on A Common Guillemot’s ramphotheca
Hi David, the skull shown on this page is a Great Northern Diver rather than a Guillemot. GND; https://flic.kr/p/2nrLdFR Guillemot; https://flic.kr/p/qEQuHY Compare the size as well as the details.
Pat Nelson
on Goldfinch in snow
Their coloring is so different from the American Goldfinch, whose males are primarily yellow all over except for black wings and a black spot on their heads.
Colin
on Greenfinch
Great photos! I'm always thrilled when our garden is graced with a Greenfinch visit (which us unfortunately quite rare).
Bob Ramsak
on A Golden Jackal arrives
It looks like they're ready to play. :)

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