Sunday 23 June 2013

Taking Terns

A while back I blogged about going to my Grandma's, however I missed out a blog so I thought I'd share it with you today. A nice day on Thursday gave me chance to watch a rather big Tern colony at Cemlyn Bay. Below is my best Sandwich Tern flight shot; these are my favorite of the terns in the UK.  


It wasn't just Sandwich Terns I saw in the colony, there were also Common and Arctic mixed in with this small group in the picture below.


There are gulls like this Black Headed Gull breeding on the island (they are much more easier to get flight shots of than the terns).


I met some one called Kathy James whilst watching the Tern Colony; accompanied by Ken Croft (both from Nature Bites). Kathy was the person invited by Peter (my ringing teacher) to do a ringing roost session. They both gave me lots of help so I would like to say a big thank you.


Whilst I was at my Grandma's I also visited South Stack on the same day I visited the Tern colony, however the cliffs were no where near as full as the were last year. And I only saw one Puffin!!!


Before I went to the Tern Colony I went to a small sandy beach right next to the colony which let me get a few snaps of a pair of Oyster Catchers.


This remarkable bird is my dads favorite.


 And finally I wanted to share this picture of a Black Headed Gull coming in to land.


Thanks for reading.. Stay tuned for my next blog.


18 comments:

  1. great shots! love these sea birds. that colony is amazing!

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  2. Great post Findlay.
    Love seeing the sea birds. I wish I lived nearer the coast.

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  3. Love the Terns and the Oystercatcher! Wonderful sights and great photos, Findlay.

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  4. It's a wonderful place to visit Findlay... and one of my favourite places.

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  5. I know what you mean about photographing Tens Findlay, very hard. Nice shots by the way. What camera do you use?

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    1. I use a lumix; at the time I was using my biggest lense (100-300).

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  6. You done amazingly well on the tern shots Findlay, well done

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  7. A great series of photos.

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  8. Nice captures!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  9. A beautiful series of shots and nice observations.

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  10. Hi Finlay Well done on photographing the Tern adn the other birds. You mention 'ringing'. You might like to look at a series I did last weekend when i spent a weekend on Copeland Island when they were doing ringing. Post is called Copeland Island Visited and there are actually 8 posts in total. Enjoy and keep snapping. Margaret

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  11. I'm impressed by your knowledge and interest in birds and your photo skills. Great pictures and you get to meet really interesting people through your birding.

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  12. That is a wonderful set of photos and a beautiful spot to work in. I love the first shot best.

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  13. Great set of pictures - and I now what you mean about gulls being easier to get in flight that terns.

    Evolution has produced a remarkable diversity of birds - all the more for us to see!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  14. Finlay, you did a marvelous job...very nice!

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