By the Shore

By Words | Published February 15, 2010

Another trip to Rottingdean today. The tide was out so I headed down to the rocks.

There were oystercatchers…

And ringed plovers…

Inevitably some gulls flew by…

A little egret paused briefly…

The surprise though was a common gull. Believe it or not, this is my first photo of one!

Oh yes, I can't leave them out. I did stop and take one or two shots of the fulmars.


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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12 Comments

  1. cakkleberrylane February 15, 2010 at 12:02 am #

    A great day for photos!

  2. gdare February 15, 2010 at 5:02 am #

    😆 @ fulmars, everyone is yelling at someone 😆

  3. irczas February 15, 2010 at 7:02 am #

    Nice photos and interesting for me :up:

  4. Words February 16, 2010 at 1:02 am #

    Thanks Irczas!

  5. Words February 16, 2010 at 1:02 am #

    Darko, I love the fulmars. Totally crazy, always screaming at someone, but never dull.

  6. Words February 16, 2010 at 1:02 am #

    Lois, yes sometimes it goes like that. You can't always tell. The light was terrible, but it was quiet and in many ways ideal.

  7. SittingFox February 17, 2010 at 8:02 pm #

    Congrats on the common gull photo! I'm not sure I've ever taken a photo of one, come to think of it…

    The egret is a study of white on black!

  8. Words February 18, 2010 at 1:02 am #

    Thanks Adele… another of those oddly named species for the collection.

  9. Ukwildlife February 20, 2010 at 9:02 pm #

    Nice post, but then fulmar pics always go down well with me 🙂

    Do you ever go for a look around the rockpools for smaller things?

  10. Words February 22, 2010 at 7:02 am #

    Neil, I occasionally look in the pools, but it is something that I should explore a bit more.

  11. Words February 26, 2010 at 11:02 pm #

    Thanks Erwin!

  12. Wulpen October 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm #

    Great Photos