Friday, 2 January 2015

20150102 Horned Lark & Grey Seals, Blakeney point

Horned Lark. One of the few new names that's worth it.

Horned Lark.
Brown Hare.
Horned Lark.
GBBacked Gull.
Dead Grey seal pups throughout the dunes, easy scavenging for the large Gulls.
Gulls spooked away from carcasses too readily for the ultimate shot....
Grey Seal pup.
Young seals along beach all the way out and many in the dunes around the Point with a few females.
4 hours latter on return, at least 3 pups a long way back from the beach had pasted away.
Grey Seal pair.
Profile comparison. Roman nose of male, flatter and less pronounced in female.
Now the largest rookery in the UK.
 Estimate of 1,800 pups this season up from 25 in 2001/2002!
Grey Seal pup.
Less than 2 weeks old and looking very happy.
Horned Lark.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Tom, like your pics very much. When I get my act together I'll try and post some of mine! Hope you got some good shots of the beardies today, I've got a couple of reasonable images of a male bird and the stonechat. See you next week.

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