Wednesday 26 March 2014

Kittiwakes return to Dunbar Harbour


It's time for my annual Kittiwake update. There were three individuals on the thirteenth of March but it has taken another couple of weeks until their numbers have got back up into the hundreds. This is a bit later than last year when they were nesting by the fifteenth.


They have spent winter far out at sea and their return to land always fills me with hope for better weather.


It's lovely to hear their cries filling the harbour, a timely reminder to get the Heron ready for launch.


 Summer is coming!


4 comments:

  1. Great news that warmer days, perhaps, are coming to you soon, Peter.
    Before you know it, Heron will be enjoying the water with you at the helm.
    Cheers!

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    1. Hi Chandra, I can only hope for warmer weather but generally we have a spell of cold easterly winds at the end of March. Myself, and the Kittiwakes, await.

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  2. Some cracking pictures there mate, the cold easterly winds are here great for the surfing not much good for anything else.

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    1. Yup, it has taken a while to get any decent light to take photos of the Kittiwakes. Aye, surfs up.

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