The local Black Guillemots have been very approachable, and extremely vocal, but thanks to the noise of the sea and wind, sound recordings are almost impossible...
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Showing posts with label Black Guillemot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black Guillemot. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Up-close and personal...
Just a few photos of the various wildlife in South Yell over the last couple of days! Very cold temperatures and Northerly winds have stopped most of the migrants from passing through, so I've concentrated on the local species instead!
The local Black Guillemots have been very approachable, and extremely vocal, but thanks to the noise of the sea and wind, sound recordings are almost impossible...
The local Black Guillemots have been very approachable, and extremely vocal, but thanks to the noise of the sea and wind, sound recordings are almost impossible...
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Very 'Tystie'
The local Black Guillemot's (or 'Tystie's) were performing very well this morning! Constantly calling and chasing each other among the rocks of South Yell... Also seen this morning was a migrating imm Glaucous Gull heading North, and a few Wheatears including a singing male!
Friday, 9 July 2010
Bring back the 'ashes'...
No... nothing to do with cricket. More to do with natures finest!
Ok, so the ash clouds were a pain in the arse for everybody wanting to fly, but for a bit of piece and quiet they were a god send!
Trying to record the calling Black Guillemots high pitch whistle, when they are only a few meters away, should be easy. But with planes and helicopters buzzing around constantly this morning, I found myself wishing the Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name would cough back into life!
On second thoughts, that might mean a change to my holiday plans if it does...... hmmm, looks like I'll have to do without my recordings, or just get up even bloody earlier!
Good to see skuas attacking some thing other than me...
Ok, so the ash clouds were a pain in the arse for everybody wanting to fly, but for a bit of piece and quiet they were a god send!
Trying to record the calling Black Guillemots high pitch whistle, when they are only a few meters away, should be easy. But with planes and helicopters buzzing around constantly this morning, I found myself wishing the Icelandic volcano with the unpronounceable name would cough back into life!
On second thoughts, that might mean a change to my holiday plans if it does...... hmmm, looks like I'll have to do without my recordings, or just get up even bloody earlier!
Good to see skuas attacking some thing other than me...
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Black and White.....and Red!
Me and my camera haven't been seeing eye to eye recently! I've been trying to photograph fast flying seabirds and Skuas, and my camera has been trying to take nice scenic photos of moorlands and sea!... (must try to sort out my autofocus settings, or is it my reaction times are slowing down?) and to top it all off my nose seems to keep changing the iso settings too! (now I do know I've got a big nose, but come on!)
Still, this Black Guillemot was happy to pose with it's arse firmly planted on a rock, in the 'very' bright morning light.
A female Brambling was the only migrant seen in Yell today, and even that spent the whole time trying to hide from me!
A Large White at Aywick today.
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