This was the sight that greeted me at work this morning, my first glimpse of the lesser black backed gull chicks. They are two or three weeks behind the more numerous herring gulls babies who are cheerfully prancing around on neighbouring roofs. Hopefully they'll do well, though I suspect most people won't even realize that they are quite a special brood in this area. 
And to go with the chicks, a few fox cub shots from early evening.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
derWandersmann
20 Jun 2013Ah … young Reynard Fuchs is growing longer and leaner by the day.
Wulpen
20 Jun 2013Very nice shots
SittingFox
23 Jun 2013I've been hearing a black-backed gull over here lately, but I haven't seen it, and certainly not the chicks, so interesting to see the picture :up:
The cubs are growing up fast.
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7 Jul 2013dW, the little foxes will very soon be big foxes. 😀
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7 Jul 2013Erwin, thanks!
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7 Jul 2013Adele, the black-backeds are a bit of a treat given how many herring gulls we have. They have somehow picked the single most inaccessible roof they could, but maybe that's by design (aiming for the highest point).