Rottingdean Beach Life

I've taken too many shots today and have only worked through a small proportion. So this is mainly a photo post. The shots were all taken at Rottingdean over a two hour period.

This first one was a bit of a surprise :yikes: And as far as I know, a 'first' for me.

A Mitchell B-25 Bomber

Out to sea

Seagulls on watch

These next two caught my eye by the sheer speed of their flight over the sea. Another first.

Oystercatchers

I've no idea what these are, but they were very colourful swimming in the rock pools.

Fish?

Cormorant

The larger-size version of these (and about two dozen more shots) are on my Rottingdean Beach album.

Camera note: All shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens, with the exception of 'Out to sea' which was taken with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens.

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This Post Has 14 Comments

  1. Dudley

    30 Aug 2008

    Those squiggly thingys are cool

  2. CedarFox

    30 Aug 2008

    I never knew the Netherlands had any B-25s. Unusual fish too, could they possibly have been from a recent egg hatching?

  3. gdare

    30 Aug 2008

    Excellent shot of the B-25 :up:

    It seems like all these fishes are looking straight at you 😀

  4. SittingFox

    30 Aug 2008

    Might they be elvers? (That is a very wild guess.)

    Nice catch on the oystercatchers :up:

  5. Cynthia23

    30 Aug 2008

    Great photos – each one, but the Cormorant WOW! :up:

  6. Words

    30 Aug 2008

    Eric, from what I can find the aircraft is currently owned by the 'Duke of Brabant Airforce' (I presume a private collection) based in Eidhoven. The Dutch livery is in honour of the RAF (Dutch) 320 Squadron which flew these in the war.

    The wigglies are being narrowed down to sand eel elvers!

  7. Words

    30 Aug 2008

    Darko, thanks! Nice surprise with the B-25. It's airshow weekend locally, so odd sightings are the rule at the moment. I saw a spitfire today (from a distance).

  8. Words

    30 Aug 2008

    Cynthia, thanks. Cormorants are great, but usually stay a good distance from the shore. Today I got lucky!

  9. Words

    30 Aug 2008

    Andy, thanks. A perfect description of them.

  10. Words

    30 Aug 2008

    Adele, I think you're on the right track with the elvers, possibly sand eels. The oystercatchers can really shift! I think the only thing I've seen move faster was the little auk I snapped about 18 months ago.

  11. Cynthia23

    31 Aug 2008

    Nice Words! :up:

  12. cakkleberrylane

    31 Aug 2008

    Very beautiful photos! The fish/sand eels are really intersting.

  13. Words

    1 Sep 2008

    Thanks Cynthia!

  14. Words

    1 Sep 2008

    Lois, thanks. The sand eels/elvers were just a grabbed shot really. I didn't realize how colourful they were until I uploaded the picture. Nice surprise 🙂

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