northern fulmar

intermediate morph

Northern Fulmar, adult flying near its Nest. Cap Frehel ( Brittany). June 2015.

I like this unusual perspective, plus the detail on this bird. One can really see just how short their tails are!

It's amazing how quickly a bird like a fulmar can go from `taking off' to `glide'.

It's hard to believe that this calm water is (admittedly in a bay) the North Atlantic. I like the way in which we get to see the face of the bird from below, and the traces of the previous `hops' from the bird's taking off.

We often had fulmars accompanying us on the open ocean. Most of them didn't float quite so close to us though. (This is the Pacific form of the species.)

Fulmar

I was to have gone to the Isle of May but the trip was cancelled due to strong easterly winds & an incoming storm over the North Sea. I went to Fife Ness instead & watched the bad weather roll in -this Fulmar was riding the storm!

The very dull overcast conditions & the dark sea have given this image a moody appearance.

I think that's what the two on the right are saying, in the nicest possible way. The other one did take the hint and leave a bit later.

Its certainly strange standing outside a cafe surrounded by holidaymakers photographing a truly pelagic bird!

Sunny but very, very blowy so it was abit of a challenge but great fun

This picture has been taken on the French coast at the Cap Blanc-Nez, just in front of Dover cliffs.

A typical tubenose the Fulmar is like a diminutive Albatross.

Quick snap as the bird passed our ship.