Mabel at the cliffs! (1 Viewer)

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Mabel

Dance the ghost with me

• Jun 14, 2008

• #1

Hi folks!

I thought I'd pop down to the local cliffs at Howth today. The weather had cleared and was the season for the seabirds so why not?! Seabirds were not the only attractions of this headland. I also saw Whinchat, Stonechat, Raven, Magpies, two Robins fighting and heard Wrens singing.

At the cliffs I took some awful photos and saw Manx Shearwater, Shags, Cormorants, Herring, Great and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Kittiwakes were the noisiest and commonest colonists here. Also got my first Guillemots and Razorbills of the year. Also got a few Storm Petrels on the water. Overall, the colonies are small, but doing well. Razorbills seem to be dominant over the Guillemots here. I thought I'd have to search for them!

PHOTOS: (Sorry for the awful quality)
1. Auks
2-4 Kittiwakes
5. Razorbill pair

 

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Mabel

Dance the ghost with me

• Jun 14, 2008

• #2

More photos... again, apologies for the quality issues...

 

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dafi

Well-known member

• Jun 14, 2008

• #3

Dont worry about the quality of the shots! Sounds like you saw a good enough range of sea birds....and a Winchat,that would have been a first for me.
Keep em coming!

 

Sue Wright

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2008

• #4

Hi Mabel,

Whatever the quality of the photos, it matters most that you enjoyed it all and were able to convey it to us as well. Words of it all were just great, but the photos, regardless of quality, still gave us the pictures of Birds we wouldn't otherwise have seen today if it hadn't been for you!

I love Sea Birds Mabel, and these were all a real joy to see. Whenever I see them though it seems that the Guillemots out-weigh the Razors, strange for it to be tother way round for a change and is it something more sinister maybe? I'd love to see Petrels and Shearwaters someday and maybe I will - in time.

Thanks for the trip Mabel,

Sue.

 

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danehower

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2008

• #5

Nice going dude !- Fantasitc birds !!:clap:

 

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Ruth Daniel

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2008

• #6

Super report and great to see the seabirds Mabel,thanks!:t:

 

pie

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2008

• #7

Fantastic Mabel!
What a great day. Unable to see your pics (either me or BF probs) will lookforward to viewing them tommorow

 

Judo

Well-known member

• Jun 15, 2008

• #8

Great report Mabel. Doesn't matter a jot about the quality of the shots, what's important is you got 'em, and enjoyed doing so! and I loved seeing them too!

 

NIK III

Well-known member

• Jun 16, 2008

• #9

Good to hear about your cliffs Mabel. Nice to see the pics too, even if you weren't happy with the quality. Some lovely birds there. Shearwaters I rarely see and Storm Petrel would be a lifer for me.

 

Kits

Picture Picker

Social Media Editor

• Jun 16, 2008

• #10

Thanks for sharing your lovely sea visit, Mabes!

 

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Mabel

Dance the ghost with me

• Jun 16, 2008

• #11

Thank you all! It was too good a visit to keep to myself!