Tuesday 13 January 2015

WILD BIRD WEDNESAY - Birds Along Seacliffe Road

ALL these shots below were taken on my way home from church on Sunday as I drove the car along Seacliffe Road in my own home of Bangor.  I also saw, not 1 but 2 RNLI Lifeboats speedy across the rough seas.


Black headed Gull



Common Gull



This was the first Lifeboat I saw and the shot below shows the second ( far right)



Redshank





Turnstone


Then I saw this group of birds further along the road.  There are Dark bellied Brent, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Turnstone, Black headed Gull and Herring Gull. The following shots below are close ups of these birds.









I  hope you enjoyed seeing these Gulls, Waders and geese in this post.

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35 comments:


  1. Beautiful pictures of these birds, Margaret.
    The lifeboat is struggling with the storm.
    Best regards, Irma

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  2. The name "Seacliffe Rd" tells a story Margaret and how nice to see it living up to the promise the name implies. You have a lovely selection of birds there, a good mixture and all feeding close together. It must be nice to have regular and close sightings of Brent Geese in particular, here we just see the odd one or two

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  3. Nice collections of birds.. The Brant is a handsome goose. Great photos, enjoy your day!

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  4. Beautiful... and I can almost smell the seas... blessings ~ tanna

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  5. I hope all was well with the "Coasties" as we call them here. Out Coast Guard goes out in some of the nastiest weather in boats such as yours.

    Great collection of gulls.

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  6. Those are beautiful birds. Good captures!

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  7. A great variety of birds. Love the Coast Guard boat out there on the choppy water.

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  8. Your Brents are much paler than ours...................

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  9. A nice bunch of shots of birds, all beautiful.

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  10. Always remember how Brighton was devoid of anything other than immature gulls when I used to visit. Lovely selection of birds there.

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  11. I like Brent geese they're so handsome, I am a bit jealous of the number of marauding Redshank

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  12. They certainly look like they are braving the cold.
    Some lovely captures of your home birds!
    I must say I enjoyed the photo of the lifeboat on the choppy waters - well done!

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  13. My goodness, you have so many birds along your shore even at this time of year. What a nice drive home you had ... nice that you don't have to go far to get shots of so many different birds. I am so shut in with the bitter cold, that I can't get anywhere to take pictures of the few birds that brave our weather. Looks refreshing and beautiful. Hope whoever the life boats were going to assist are okay. Have a great week, Margaret. Enjoyed this post ...

    Andrea @ From the Sol

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  14. Gorgeous shorebirds! And dramatic shot of the lifeboat on the waves. Beautiful post.

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  15. That is quite a beautiful ride home! Such a great variety of birds.

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  16. Nice lot of birds you have.

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  17. Love the birds, huddled into their feathers. And hope that the lifeboats were on practice duty. Or had a successful mission.

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  18. A super looking Common Gull and love the Brents.

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  19. Looks like it was an interesting drive home from church. I'm glad you had your camera at your side.

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  20. The black headed gull does not have a black head s I assume these are females? I LOVE that red tugboat on the choppy sea, what a beautiful and exciting sight!!

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  21. Love the Turnstones, and also the Brents. Well taken Margaret.

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  22. I hope those RNLI boats did their job.

    peter

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  23. so many beautiful birds. And my world is almost empty of them. Still takes another 2 months before they start coming back.

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  24. Hi Margaret, so nice to enjoy the delights your drive home offered! What a great place in which to live :D)

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  25. A nice collection and a good route to have available locally Margaret. I have to get the book out for most of the waders.

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  26. Lovely shore birds, my favorite place!!

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  27. Super birds you got there Margaret and I also like the shot of the lifeboat. I wonder what it felt like racing over those waves?

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  28. Your water is looking choppy, no wonder those gorgeous gulls are all puffed up! Seacliffe Road looks a good spot to find lots of birds. Thanks for your visit, your suggestion that I work for the Australian Tourist Board made my day!
    Wren x

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  29. Lovely assortment of bird shots!

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  30. You sure have a lovely ride home from church along the water's edge and mine is all out in horse country. Your images are all really lovely. All of the waterbirds would be such a fun thing to see and I imagine the air is cold upon your face as you photograph during these Winter months. Blessings~

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  31. How wonderful to be able to see so many birds along the shore where you live. Great shot of the lifeboat too.
    Regards.

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  32. Nice shots of all the different birds existing together.
    MB

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  33. Beautiful collection of shore birds!

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  34. Wow - these are amazing birds. I love all the different shorebirds. In our area we don't find nearly as many as our coastline here in NW Washington is often rocky and without lots of beaches.

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