Monday, April 07, 2008

Scarborough Harbour








Great Crested Grebe




Kittiwake

The Great Crested Grebe was present in the harbour again after appearing for a couple of days last week and in between the snow showers eventually came up close for me to snap a few images. Two Kittiwakes have arrived back in the harbour and were perched on two old nests on the side of the pier just below the lighthouse.
I took a drive around the Marine Drive on the way home and the 400+ Kittiwakes which have been sat on the sea where now on the cliff face, a fantastic site to see and hear, also on the headland were numerous pairs of Fulmars.

2 comments:

Mike Randall Bird Photography said...

Nice Great Crested Grebe shots Steve. My experience pituring GC Grebes todate is that they never seem quite right. I think they are a difficult subject, usualy fairly distant.
Mike

Steve Race said...

Thanks Mike. Yeah, Great Crested Grebes are a bit tricky to get close to. The bird in the harbour took quite a bit of stalking and moving from pier to pier until I managed to catch it swimming out of the harbour mouth.