Christine's walking & birds blog

Two kittiwakes were among the gulls around the harbour today.


Or perhaps I should say one-a-half kittiwakes as the second bird seems to have lost its tail and a chunk of one wing.



The kittiwakes were in constant motion, and very nippy. The large gulls hung around in that irritating way they have, when they sail slowly and effortlessly along (usually against the sun, blast them!), sliding behind and under and past each other and requiring frequent scans with bins to check which is which before getting the camera ready - only to find when you have that they've all changed places and the one you wanted a pic of has completely disappeared.




I couldn't be sure of the number or ages of the white-wingers, although I think the top pic of the three above is of a near-adult Iceland gull, and the next two (which might well be of the same bird) are possibly 2nd winter.