The same day I visited the walled garden in early January, I
came home via Seacliffe Road, Bangor and these are the birds I found. Apparently Mondays are the worst and bluest day of the week, so get your coffee, put this into slide mode and just take a few minutes to relax.
Ringed Plover
1st winter Herring Gull
These are Pale bellied Brent geese with Herring Gulls in different years of plumage.
Adult Herring Gull
This Black headed Gull was well on its way to get its
black (really brown) head which on 7 January is quite early. You can see the one begin it is still in its winter plumage.
I hope you enjoyed these few birds along this road. Although I will try and post everyday while I am in the I.O.W. I will not be able to make comments on your blogs as i am very busy here at present looking after the puppy, children etc.
Thank you for visiting and also to those who left comments on any of my blogs
Brent Geese are beautiful little birds. Little geese I should say.
ReplyDeleteThe Herring Gull is much larger than I thought..neat how you caught the two gulls at different stages..super shots Margaret!
ReplyDeleteLovely Ringed Plover and Brent Geese, they have made my day, cheers Margaret.
ReplyDeleteloving the plover especially Margaret
ReplyDeleteGreat bird photos - Black-headed Gulls round here are only just starting to acquire their chocolate coloured heads.
ReplyDeletethose brant geese sure are handsome. :)
ReplyDeleteI have been lucky to see a Brant goose only once! And so far this year I not seen a herring gull. So much to look forward to. ;)
ReplyDeleteI chuckled at your Ringed Plover ... she looks like she is too fat to move. She is probably cold and trying to conserve, but I still got a kick out of her. The Brent geese are amazingly small or your gulls are very big. Our Canadian geese are much bigger the the gulls here. They certainly are beautiful though. Enjoyed this little tour. Glad you are busy with kids and dogs ... can't think of a more enjoyable time. Be well, Margaret ...
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From The Sol
A delightful start to my Tuesday. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteLoved seeing the ringed plover-it's ages since I saw one. Great shots Margaret. Have fun with the family x
ReplyDeleteI just love the Plovers, they are so cute! The Brant are neat looking geese. Great shots!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Margaret . . .
ReplyDeleteWonderful bird pictures. Look how green that grass is!
ReplyDeleteWonderful bird photos and look how green that grass is!
ReplyDeleteWonderful bird pictures. Look how green that grass is!
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