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Found what I thought was a home made bouy/float washed up onto the road this morning with some Common Mussles attached.
Not seen one of these before they are usually cooking or motor oil containers with the lids araldited/glued on.
Humming-bird Hawk-moth.
#teammoth
Found this in 2022.
18.09.2025 07:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Black-headed Gulls on the sea close to the shoreline picking invertebrates washing out of large mounds of seaweed that is washing ashore.
Black-headed Gulls and Herring Gulls standing on mounds of seaweed that has washed ashore completely covering the beach.
A flock of Starlings foraging on mounds of beached seaweeds.
Rows of Starlings standing at the top of a lighthouse waiting at high tide for the water to recede so the can get back down on to the beach to feed. The Jolly Rodger is flying from a flag pole above them.
The Equinox Tides are approaching so it's seaweed fest time on the beach.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
A small shark might be an option as well.
05.09.2025 06:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A notochord ? A quick search says the only marine fish that retain them beyond a few inches in length are Lamprey, Hagfish and Sturgeon could possibly be one of those.
05.09.2025 05:50 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A young Fulmar mostly still with fluffy down feathers sitting on a nest ledge.
A young Fulmar that is close to fledging on it's nesting ledge test flapping it's wings
A mixed feeding group of terns, Kittiwakes and Razorbills.
A young Guillemot floating on the sea surface waiting for it's parent to arrive back from a feeding dive with food.
Only young Fulmars left on the cliffs here, a far larger than usual influx of terns and the auks that mostly jumped 5-6 weeks ago are still here.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
An adult Kittiwake standing on it's nest beside a week old chick.
A five week old Kittiwake standing on it's nest.
A adult Kittiwake standing on it's nest on a tiny overhanging ledge on a sea cliff with two one week old chicks.
A five week old Kittiwake standing on it's nest on a tiny overhanging ledge on a sea cliff which is now too small to hold two young birds - it's sibling having moved to another near by ledge.
The same Kittiwakes at one week old and then again at five weeks old.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
An adult and young Razorbill swimming at the surface together.
Two adult Razorbills surfacing with beaks full of sandeels next to a young Razorbill.
An adult and a young Razorbill swimming close together on the surface of the sea.
An adult and a young Razorbill swimming towards one another, the adult carrying a small sandeel in it's beak to give to the younger bird.
Razorbills feeding.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
A recently fledged Kittiwake flying along close to a sea cliff covered with Kittiwake nests as adult and young birds watch it pass.
Adult and young Kittiwakes on a nesting ledge on a sea cliff watching a fledgling attempting to land close to them.
An adult and a young Kittiwake standing on a nest on a sea cliff watching a fledgling attempting to land close to them.
An adult Kittiwake warning off a young bird attempting to land on a ledge on a sea cliff too close to its nest.
Fledgling Kittiwakes, good at flying in circles, rubbish at landings.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
A great opportunity for a career involved in #Seabird monitoring with @btobirds.bsky.social! ๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ
30.07.2025 22:46 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Kittiwakes standing on the tops of a row of old concrete pier supports.
Kittiwakes and large Gulls standing on an inter-tidal rock.
Razorbills, Guillemots, Kittiwakes and large Gulls feeding at sea.
Razorbills, Guillemots, Kittiwakes and large Gulls feeding at sea.
Limited parking spaces available for Kittiwakes at the "All You Can Eat" this week.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
Two badger paw prints in dried mud, one clear the other smudged.
Close up of a Badger hind paw print in dried mud.
Close up view of a badger paw print with a coin beside it for scale.
Looks like a match with this which is a definite hind paw print.
21.07.2025 08:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A small Kittiwake chick standing on a nest.
Two Kittiwake chicks lying on a nest.
Two Kittiwake chicks standing on a nest.
A young corvid standing at the edge of a sea cliff waiting for a parent bird to return with food.
Kittiwake chicks now with wings and tails and big enough to be left on their own but not for long - the corvids have brought a pair of juniors along. It was a bit tense and noisy for a while but after bugs and small rodents were found they left.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
A hanging basket outside a butchers shop filled with plastic flowers and with two strings of plastic sausages hanging from it.
Maybe fell off the front of a butchers shop and went straight down the drain, sometimes see them at kiosks at the beach that sell hot dogs.
There is a giant 5ft high version of one with a face at a kiosk at the beach here, probably gives loads of children nightmares.
Two Kittiwake chicks standing on a nest on a small ledge on a sea cliff with a parent bird standing behind them.
An adult Herring Gull sitting on nesting material of dried grass placed on top of the netting and broken frame of a beached lobster pot washed up onto rocks during a storm.
The first Kittiwake chicks of the year and a late starting Herring Gull that has chosen to pitch it's nest on the remains of a lobster pot.
#SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds
Razorbill and Herring Gull chicks, plenty of Kittiwake eggs but no signs of hatching yet.
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Two Pairs of Fumars sitting at their nest sites on a sea cliff.
Fulmars.
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26.03.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
NO61233798.
It's re-hydrating in a tub now, can take a better image of it tomorrow.
An empty Flapper Skate egg case lying on the strand line on a shingle beach.
I found a Flapper Skate egg case today on a beach to the west of Arbroath, I found a few in 2023 but this is the first one I have seen since then.
25.03.2025 14:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
