little auk

One of the highlights of this trip was to spend a couple of hours at a little auk colony. Getting on shore was a bit of a problem, thanks to a beach which seemed to favour cannon-ball shaped and -sized rocks. When we first arrived a lot of the birds took off (they hadn't laid eggs yet), but once...

Wishes you a Merry Christmas

Had to upload another one when i noticed it had a sweetheart bird tattooed on its white feathers. What a little cutie. ;);

This will be my last upload of the Little Auk,don't want to wear him/her out. ;);

Who said there's no water on Mars?

This little bird made my day today. What a fantastic little performer,very obliging too and i took about 250 pictures,this is one of them.

Came across this Little Auk yesterday in one of the local Voe's most likely blown South by the Northerly Gales we have had recently.

Lots of Little Auk flying past this morning. In one hour I counted 64 flying north. Often they were following the line of breakers just offshore.

This little guy was surfing near the shore. Salthouse has been completely reshaped after the flood. The shingle has been pushed forward in places, filling in pools.

This is the Auk from yesterdays photo which had been caught in the Surf swimming clear, another Wave went just to the side of him he managed to swim round it get in the Lee of some Rocks then take of. The movement of Little Auks in Sundays Storm was a real Wildlife event.

This bird just run out of steam and plunged into the Surf six foot waves pounded it on to the Rocks it was like it was in a washing machine this went on for several minutes but finaly it managed to swim clear and fly of. What spirit

One of the few flight shots I managed in reasnoble focus yesterday

This pic shows the Weather these birds had to contend with today the odd bird would just fall into this Surf and be bowled over amazingly up it would pop and swim as fast as it could to clear the surf then Fly off. Great day great entertainment and Great wee bird.

Little Gem..........

A good movement of these super wee birds on the coast today with a very strong wind and the speed of the birds it made it a real challenge. The score photographer 3 Auk's 250

All of a sudden he started swimming straight at me at full speed.

a post preen flap.

it seemed to be ctahcing flies!