I had to pop down to Rottingdean this morning and took the opportunity to see if our regular winter visitors, the fulmars, were back. And they were. I counted 20 or 30 skimming along the cliff tops looking for nesting sites. None landed, although several came close to cliff-face touchdown. Fulmars have very weak legs (they spend an inordinate amount of time at sea), and landing, or indeed walking, is one of the trickier parts of their routine. The general pattern is to fly close to a possible landing site (normally a small crevice in a cliff), hover over it for a moment, and then retreat and start the process all over again. On today's visit I didn't see any that had actually managed touch-down!
Down on the Undercliff walkway the wagtails and rock pipits were busy hunting the late autumn insects. This one paused for a moment and tried to out stare me!
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
gdare
27 Nov 2011Rock pipit played the game: First who blinks, looses!!! :eyes:
derWandersmann
27 Nov 2011Really nice shots …
SittingFox
27 Nov 2011Did the pipit win? 😉
Cynthia23
28 Nov 2011Amazing fulmar shots! And, the first pipit photo, hahahaha he looks peeved at you. Did you interrupt his lunch?
Words
28 Nov 2011Adele, I'm afraid it did. Out-stared by a pipit! Bang goes the last of my street cred. 🙁
Words
28 Nov 2011Darko, I suspect I lost as I blinked (clicked the shutter) which I guess is cheating 😉
Words
28 Nov 2011dW, thanks!
Words
28 Nov 2011Cynthia, thanks. I think it was eyeing me up in case I was lunch!
serola
29 Nov 2011Very nice shots of Fulmars
SittingFox
29 Nov 2011😆
Cynthia23
29 Nov 2011Hahhahah 😀
Words
30 Nov 2011Sami, thanks!