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Posts about coastal wildlife with history & science mixed in. Seabirds, saltmarsh & shorebirds, particularly on the Solent coast.🐤🌊
Across the Arun at Ford, one of the highlights of the coastal Sussex rail line.
October 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Across the Arun at Ford, one of the highlights of the coastal Sussex rail line.
Sunset over the saltmarsh of Hayling Island. This section of saltmarsh on the Northney shore, just east of the Hayling Bridge, is a favourite one. Soon the Brent Geese will be feeding in the winter chill.
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sunset over the saltmarsh of Hayling Island. This section of saltmarsh on the Northney shore, just east of the Hayling Bridge, is a favourite one. Soon the Brent Geese will be feeding in the winter chill.
Not a great photo, but a great thing to see 🤎 A recent trip to Knepp had a highlight of three Turtle (🎵 turr turr 🎵) Doves.
August 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not a great photo, but a great thing to see 🤎 A recent trip to Knepp had a highlight of three Turtle (🎵 turr turr 🎵) Doves.
End of an era. Pagham Ferry pool & wetlands today. Next week, the long awaited wetland & water control restoration begins 💧🌱🦐🐤
August 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
End of an era. Pagham Ferry pool & wetlands today. Next week, the long awaited wetland & water control restoration begins 💧🌱🦐🐤
The green menace has returned to parts of the Solent harbours. Excessive nutrients from agricultural runoff & sewage, + warm, sheltered water bodies = an algal mass.
August 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The green menace has returned to parts of the Solent harbours. Excessive nutrients from agricultural runoff & sewage, + warm, sheltered water bodies = an algal mass.
Not a photo.. it's a glorious millpond sea in the Solent harbours this morning. The tide is rising without a ripple 💙
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Not a photo.. it's a glorious millpond sea in the Solent harbours this morning. The tide is rising without a ripple 💙
Oystercatcher, St Cuthberts Cove, Inner Farne. A photo whilst sat near the jetty, leisurely waiting for the boats to come our way.
July 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oystercatcher, St Cuthberts Cove, Inner Farne. A photo whilst sat near the jetty, leisurely waiting for the boats to come our way.
Scarborough's Spa Bridge (or Cliff Bridge) hosts a thriving Kitiwake colony. The ledges provide an amazing nesting opportinity, away from the reach of ground predators and with close access to the North Sea. There's much more on Scarboroughs Kitiwakes here: share.google/YPklnnSIir0S... 3/
July 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Scarborough's Spa Bridge (or Cliff Bridge) hosts a thriving Kitiwake colony. The ledges provide an amazing nesting opportinity, away from the reach of ground predators and with close access to the North Sea. There's much more on Scarboroughs Kitiwakes here: share.google/YPklnnSIir0S... 3/
The largest single Kittiwake colony site in Scarborough appears to be the Grand Hotel. Standing tall overlooking the sea like a giant artificial cliff, it's not hard to see why Kittiwakes would choose to make their home here. Nearby buildings (like the Trevelodge) host further colonies. 2/
July 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The largest single Kittiwake colony site in Scarborough appears to be the Grand Hotel. Standing tall overlooking the sea like a giant artificial cliff, it's not hard to see why Kittiwakes would choose to make their home here. Nearby buildings (like the Trevelodge) host further colonies. 2/
Some of the many hundreds of Kittiwakes raising families in the heart of Scarborough at present. Red listed in the UK, with an increasingly vulnerable population internationally too, Black-legged Kittiwakes are a familiar sight in a small number of coastal towns. #SuperSeabirdSunday #ReMeMaRe 1/..
July 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Some of the many hundreds of Kittiwakes raising families in the heart of Scarborough at present. Red listed in the UK, with an increasingly vulnerable population internationally too, Black-legged Kittiwakes are a familiar sight in a small number of coastal towns. #SuperSeabirdSunday #ReMeMaRe 1/..
A view down on the Gannet colony at Bempton, a new generation now growing by the day 💙
July 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A view down on the Gannet colony at Bempton, a new generation now growing by the day 💙
The sheer face of Bempton Cliffs. Compared to most of the cliff nesting seabird colonies in England, birds look like tiny insignificant dots set against this backdrop. An English wonder.
July 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The sheer face of Bempton Cliffs. Compared to most of the cliff nesting seabird colonies in England, birds look like tiny insignificant dots set against this backdrop. An English wonder.
Love is love, on Scarborough beach today 💙
July 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Love is love, on Scarborough beach today 💙
The Attenborough nature reserve near Nottingham today. Step out the car & boom, Common Terns flying about calling from the first set of rafts ❤️
July 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Attenborough nature reserve near Nottingham today. Step out the car & boom, Common Terns flying about calling from the first set of rafts ❤️
Amsinckia lycopsoides, Bugloss Fiddleneck, localised almost entirely within the courtyard on Inner Farne, off the Northumberland coast. Recorded by at least 1922, it's believed this North American native arrived with chicken feed the lighthouse keepers used. #WildFlowerHour
June 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Amsinckia lycopsoides, Bugloss Fiddleneck, localised almost entirely within the courtyard on Inner Farne, off the Northumberland coast. Recorded by at least 1922, it's believed this North American native arrived with chicken feed the lighthouse keepers used. #WildFlowerHour
Currently reading 'The Battle for the Faklands' Hastings/Jenkins. Did not know this about the Black Buck raids. Also, amazing how much the word 'Naturalist' has disappeared since the 80's. All the older conservation reports are peppered with it (along with organisation names), now it's a rarity.
June 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Currently reading 'The Battle for the Faklands' Hastings/Jenkins. Did not know this about the Black Buck raids. Also, amazing how much the word 'Naturalist' has disappeared since the 80's. All the older conservation reports are peppered with it (along with organisation names), now it's a rarity.
A Guillemot chick, high up on the guano painted cliffs. Since hatching, its had fish brought to it here, but soon it'll need to go out to sea to continue feeding & learning. To get there, this little one will need to jump off & tumble into the waves below. Good luck little one. 💙 #SuperSeabirdSunday
June 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A Guillemot chick, high up on the guano painted cliffs. Since hatching, its had fish brought to it here, but soon it'll need to go out to sea to continue feeding & learning. To get there, this little one will need to jump off & tumble into the waves below. Good luck little one. 💙 #SuperSeabirdSunday
Summer is here in the Solent Harbours. Warm, windy & seabirds are flying through on feeding trips for their growing young.
June 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Summer is here in the Solent Harbours. Warm, windy & seabirds are flying through on feeding trips for their growing young.
A sight & sound of summer on the northern Atlantic coasts, Arctic Terns are peaking in breeding activity now. Once chicks are fledged or nests failed for the year, they'll set off for their wintering grounds in the Antarctic summer on the other side of the world.
June 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A sight & sound of summer on the northern Atlantic coasts, Arctic Terns are peaking in breeding activity now. Once chicks are fledged or nests failed for the year, they'll set off for their wintering grounds in the Antarctic summer on the other side of the world.
The cliffs of Staple Island are draped with Guillemots at present as the annual cycle peaks. Eggs are hatching & chicks are growing up on their precarious nursery ledges. It's a full on start to life, and there's only one way down (hence the name for Guillemot chicks of fledging age: "jumplings"!).
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The cliffs of Staple Island are draped with Guillemots at present as the annual cycle peaks. Eggs are hatching & chicks are growing up on their precarious nursery ledges. It's a full on start to life, and there's only one way down (hence the name for Guillemot chicks of fledging age: "jumplings"!).
A memorial to the 189 men of Eyemouth lost in the 1881 fishing disaster, depicting their 78 widows and 182 children left without a father. A silent ongoing vigil over the bay from their darkest moment.
June 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A memorial to the 189 men of Eyemouth lost in the 1881 fishing disaster, depicting their 78 widows and 182 children left without a father. A silent ongoing vigil over the bay from their darkest moment.
Bamburgh castle & the epic sand dunes of the Northumberland coast.
June 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bamburgh castle & the epic sand dunes of the Northumberland coast.
Razorbills usually occur individually nesting within a larger cliff nesting colony of Guillemots. You can often pick them out easiest as they are led down (rather than standing) or poking their head up for a gander.
June 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Razorbills usually occur individually nesting within a larger cliff nesting colony of Guillemots. You can often pick them out easiest as they are led down (rather than standing) or poking their head up for a gander.