North Hayling nature reserve

PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
edited July 24, 2009 in Wildlife
Thought I would share these with you. They were taken at the above nature reserve over a period of 1 hour yesterday.
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Its been a good year at the Tern Colony. A second batch of young are appearing with other Terns sitting on eggs. Here an amorous male is displaying to a female.......
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only to be rejected. Note the 3-4 day old Black-headed gull looking on from the vegetation.
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A careless Tern arrives back to feed its young and almost lands on another! Its partner, with a new hatchling alongside seems to scold it for its clumsiness.
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It's boring waiting for my next meal.......
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maybe going to sleep will help.
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Well, I have the food but where is the family?
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Time to rest and have some peace and quiet
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Just taking off after a dive, Those wings must feel very heavy.
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One juvenile has a fish and the other wants to share it.
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At last, got the fish round the right way to swallow.
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An just to round up, a fly past by a rather scruffy Black-backed Gull
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Cheers

Peter

http://www.imageinuk.com

Comments

  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2009
    Cool shots Peter! clap.gif
    Glenn

    My website | NANPA Member
  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2009
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Cool shots Peter! clap.gif

    Thanks Glenn
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2009
    Very nice behavioral images. These terns and even gulls can be very photogenic. Yours are no different.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • PeterD-2009PeterD-2009 Registered Users Posts: 618 Major grins
    edited July 24, 2009
    Maestro wrote:
    Very nice behavioral images. These terns and even gulls can be very photogenic. Yours are no different.
    Thanks Stephen. I am a volunteer warden at this site so I see them twice a week. Quite a few people visit the site each day and its really great to exchange information about the Terns, Gulls and other wildlife around. I have been surprised how knowledgeable some of them are.
    Things change come September when the Terns head back for Africa and lots of migrant wildfowl and waders take their place. There is always something new around Langstone Harbour.
    Cheers

    Peter

    http://www.imageinuk.com
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