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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - Inner Farne, Northumberland 15 May 2022 -
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) - Inner Farne, Northumberland 15 May 2022 -
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - Inner Farne, Northumberland 15 May 2022 -
Bridled guillemot (Uria aalge)
Bridled guillemot (Uria aalge) - Inner Farne 15 May 2022 -
Shag (Gulosus aristotelis)
Shag (Gulosus aristotelis) - Inner Farne, Northumberland 15 May 2022 -
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Razorbill (Alca torda) - Inner Farne, Northumberland 15 May 2022 -
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) - 15 May 2022, Seahouses, Northumberland -
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) - 15 May 2022, Seahouses, Northumberland -
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) 15 May 2022 Long Nanny, Northumberland -
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - 15 May 2022, Long Nanny, Northumberland -
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) - 15 May 2022, Long Nanny, Northumberland -
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) - NFM 22 Jan 2022 Long Drove, Cottenham. The tall, standing bird in the middle of the frame. -
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Gull (Larus canus) - On Holkham Beach with numerous Sanderlings, 4 Jan 2019. Recognised again a couple of them in Wells in late December 2021 -
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Adult Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - 21 Aug 2019, Waxham Sands. Huge numbers of these on the Norfolk coast apparently. -
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Juvenile Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - 21 Aug 2019, Waxham Sands. -
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) - 30 Jun 2019. High Sands Creek, Stiffkey, North Norfolk. -
First summer Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
First summer Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - 30 Jun 2019. High Sands Creek, Stiffkey, North Norfolk. -
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) - 30 Jun 2019, High Sands Creek, Stiffkey, North Norfolk. Black cap with white forehead, yellow-orange bill and yellow legs. -
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) - There were several dozen Med Gulls at RSPB Minsmere on my visit 7 Mar 2019. Here are a few of them from East Hide. -
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) - Cley-next-the-sea, Norfolk, 18 Jan 2019. This first winter juvenile was feeding on seal blubber (there were a couple of other seal carcasses on the same beach, one behind a bank away from the sea oddly. -
Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Guillemot (Uria aalge) flanked by two Razorbill - 8 July 2018 Western Isles of Scilly -
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Gull (Larus canus) - A single adult spotted among the flock by Brian Stone. Among Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Black-headed Gulls. 12 Dec 2018 -
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Juvenile Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), groyne at West Runton slipway, North Norfolk, 5th Aug 2018 -
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Male Razorbill (Alca torda) displaying to female - 8 July 2018 Western Isles of Scilly -
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Juvenile Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) - 9 July 2018 Isles of Scilly, aboard pelagic -
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) - 12 July 2018, Isles of Scilly -
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) - 9 July 2018 Isles of Scilly, aboard pelagic -
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - 7 July 2018, St Agnes Isles of Scilly -
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) - 9 July 2018 Isles of Scilly, aboard pelagic -
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) - July 2018 Isles of Scilly -
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) - July 2018 Isles of Scilly -
Juvenile Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Juvenile Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) - RSPB Fen Drayton, 19th July 2018 -
Juvenile Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Juvenile Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Calling but failing to get a response from nearby adult. RSPB Fen Drayton, 19th July 2018 -
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Adult Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) - Quick, blurry snap of this kittiwake killer on a Scilly Isles pelagic trip aboard The Sapphire, skippered by Joe Pender, 9th July 2018 -
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) - Western islands, Scilly, 8th July 2018 -
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) - Off St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 7th July 2018 -
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) - RSPB Titchwell Marsh, 30th March 2018 -
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Milton Country Park, 23rd March 2018 -
Great black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - Over gravel pond near Longstanton and next to guided busway, 16th December 2017 -
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - Numerous specimen sunning themselves on 21/8/17 on North Norfolk beaches between Mundesley, Overstrand, and Cromer -
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Feeding fish to chicks, 13th August 2017, RSPB Snettisham, on The Wash -
Juvenile Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Juvenile blackheaded gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) - RSPB Titchwell Marsh, 21/7/17 -
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo) - RSPB Ouse Fen near Needingworth, 6/7/17 -
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) - Three of ca. 250,000 at RSPB Bempton Cliffs on 9/6/17 -
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) - RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 9/6/17. -
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)) - RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 9/6/17. -
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) - RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 9 Jun 2017 -
Juvenile northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
Juvenile northern gannet (Morus bassanus) - Year 3 gannet at RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 9/6/17. -
Bridled guillemot (Uria aalge)
Bridled guillemot (Uria aalge) - RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 9/6/17. Not to be confused with the spectacled guillemot (Cepphus carbo). -
Mediterranean gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
Mediterranean gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) being mobbed and mocked by black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) at RSPB Minsmere. The Med gull is the one with the red beak on the ground looking up. -
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo) at RSPB Minsmere 14/5/17 -
Common gull (Larus canus)
Common gull (Larus canus) - juvenile, first summer plumage at RSPB Minsmere, 14/5/17 -
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus)
Lesser black-backed gulls (Larus fuscus), Aldeburgh, Suffolk -
European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
European herring gull (Larus argentatus) Herring gulls fighting in a garden by the sea, Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Photo from my archives, summer of 2005. There was a lot of beak-to-beak action and avian blood already when I spotted them. They fought for some time before my presence distracted them to fly away... -
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo) nr Bottisham Lock, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire -
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) RSPB Fen Drayton -
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Gannet (Morus bassanus) - male and female mating pair RSPB Bempton Cliffs -
European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
European herring gull (Larus argentatus) Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, 20/2/17 -
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, 20/2/17 -
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) and Common redshank (Tringa totanus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) and Common redshank (Tringa totanus) Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, 20/2/17 -
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) and Razorbill (Alca torda)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) and Razorbill (Alca torda) RSPB Bempton Cliffs
All photos by David Bradley, Copyright 1989-present