When I visited South Donegal Northern Ireland Ornithological
Club last January, these are some of the birds I saw.
The weather was terrible so the shots are all a bit dull in fact nearly B & W! There is a VIDEO of an Iceland Gull at the
end.
Iceland
Gull
Black
Guillemot in winter plumage.
Grey
Heron
Long
tailed Duck
Red
Breasted Merganser
Northern
Diver
Herring
Gull with Great Black backed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black backed Gull
This video included Iceland Gull in foggy conditions, Northern Divers, Red breasted Merganser, Long tailed Ducks and a collection of Gulls. See if
you can ID them. CLICK HERE if the video does not appear below.
Over the weekend even with very poor weather and near
freezing conditions we managed to see 70 species of birds. So I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of
them in this post. Look in on Thursday to watch the video of Pale bellied Brent Geese.
I am linking this post with WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY.
Thank you for visiting and also to those who leave
comments.
Quite a collection of these amazing seabirds Margaret!
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDelete...Hardy work! The June weather has just been dismal - even the gulls didn't comply this far North! YAM xx
I love seabirds, they just bring with themselves such a great summer feeling.
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Mersad Donko Photography
Hello margaret, awesome collection of birds and images. I would love to see the Iceland Gull! Have a happy day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteI love the Gull on photo 22, perfect gefotogrfaeerd.
On the video you can see that the weather was bad.
Best regards, Irma
pretty shorebirds and some really lovely reflections, too!
ReplyDeleteFantastic collection of Gulls.
ReplyDeletethe beautiful pale wings of the iceland gull
ReplyDeleteWow! You about covered it all in this set of photos. Great birds,amazing water patterns and super reflections.
ReplyDeleteSome fantastic birds you managed to get there. A good looking Iceland Gull too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful birds!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing all your different gulls, especially the Herring gull with its wings raised, and the snow white Iceland gull. Mergansers are always favorites of mine too. It's great to see yours since there were practically none at the beach where I went.
ReplyDeleteA great series of gulls - but I think you must be very brave going birding in weather conditions like that! Far too cold for me :-(
ReplyDeleteHi Margaret,
ReplyDeleteLovely series of birds! I find this post very calming.
Have a Wonderful Day!
Peace :)
Always nice to see Long tailed Ducks................and Iceland Gulls are even better.
ReplyDeleteLong-tailed Ducks, Red Breasted Merganser, Iceland Gull and Black Guillemots that's a truly impressive collection of birds for one location all of them would start a twitch in my area. Great shots Margaret
ReplyDeletea lovely set of birds. And I don´t think the images are dull. Sometimes grey weather, as long as it is not dark, are better for photography :)
ReplyDeleteThe LT Duck was a good capture Margaret.
ReplyDeleteWonderful water birds, Margaret!
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