Our time is nearly up on the island of Ailsa Craig and
as I walked round a small part of it, I
found a lot of Lesser Black backed gulls with their chicks. You could barely see the chicks even though
they were as large as the adults but blended
in well to the rock colours as you can see from this first 2 shots below.
The rocks had this amazing patterns of lichen on them
and when I looked at the Lighthouse, I could see that the mist was soon going
to surround Ailsa completely again. We were
fortunate when arriving at Ailsa that the mist had lifted for us to see the bird
sanctuary.
An old generator
Time to go and we had to be careful walking down the
jetty due to half of it being missing and the other half covered in slippery green
seaweed.
Common Seal
Last views of some of the birds and Seals on the island.
Time to say goodbye to them all.
This Grey Seal was watching us leave this amazing
island.
I hope you enjoyed this post.
I have 3 more posts to show you before the series ends.
I am linking this post with SATURDAY CRITTERS.
Many thanks for visiting and to all those who leave comments.
very pretty birds. the seal made me smile. :)
ReplyDeleteThe chicks camoflague is incredible. I loved that lichen too. Another lovely post to this series. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo many wonderful pictures! I love the one with the seal most!
ReplyDeleteDearest Margaret； Oh My, I enjoyed the tour to Ailsa Craig Island♪ Loved to see Birds and Seal with both pictures and video♡♡♡
ReplyDeleteSending Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my Dear friend, xoxo Miyako*
Hello Margaret, the island visit was awesome. I enjoyed all the birds, especially the gannets. The gull chicks and seal are cute. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great trip, Margaret! There was plenty to see and wonder at on Ailsa! I had to look very closely to see the gull chicks! I love the seals watching you too!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
I'm glad you mentioned the chicks as I probably would not have noticed them as they really do blend in!
ReplyDeleteLovely atmospheric photos Margaret - really like the photo of all the lichens on the rock (just beautiful) :) Sounds like the most wonderful island to visit.
ReplyDeleteAwesome on seeing the grey seal!
ReplyDeleteI do so love lighthouses, and we were able to get about 12 or 13 of them in Maine. Thanks for the video!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant post Margaret. It was fun to see all the birds and the seals, the other interesting photos too. Thank you so much. Happy weekend to you.
ReplyDeleteSeals and Gulls are such lovely creatures. -Great shots!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great place to visit. The variety of birds and the landscape plus I love old technology like the generator and and other items you found.
ReplyDeletewow...I would love to be able to visit this island. Fabulous photos...I love the misty one with the lighthouse...and all of the bird photos of course!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures ! I especially love the seagulls, they always remind me my holidays in England. The chicks are always grey and sometimes even bigger than their white mothers !
ReplyDeleteomgoodness, i about wet my pants!!! the seals are always a favorite sighting for me, we get them during the winter!!! also lots of great shore birds!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful shots of the bird. So many of them in one place.
ReplyDeleteWonderful Gulls and seals shots. Love the video!
ReplyDeleteAll wonderful photography! Love seal! ~ great textures you found as well as wonderful 'critters'!
ReplyDeleteHappy Weekend to you,
artmusedog and carol
Lovely pictures in this series. I think the wet weather really brought these to life.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly got your camera's worth out of this trip!
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Fantastic island, covered with birds, I love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful trip, so much to see. I really enjoyed the video.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting us ride along on yet another of your birding adventures!!!
ReplyDeleteThat seal popping up to say hello to us is priceless!! Love lighthouses I do!!! And your gull and cormorant photos are superb.
ReplyDeleteGreat set of pictures - I have seen AC from the north, from the south coast of Arran, yet another place I would like to go back to!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
How great to see seals. Apparently they've had a bumper year for breeding. The young gull took me ages to spot it really is blended into the rocks
ReplyDeleteHI Doulgas There are actually 2 young Gulls in that shot. They are very well blended in. Thanks for visit and comment
DeleteI think gulls are beautiful birds. And Gannets are stunning :)
ReplyDeleteI love all the birds and the seals are adorable. They have such sweet faces.
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