The WNW winds & high tide combined to create big waves that overtopped the #dunbarharbour wall today - too chilly 🥶 to hang around for long.

#BBCWeatherWatch #ScottishWeather #Dunbar #EastLothian

Last of the #kittiwakes hanging on at #DunbarHarbour before they head back to sea for a long winter. Possibly travelling as far (1700+ miles) to the waters around Greenland. Big migration for these dainty #gulls

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Still pretty blustery out there tonight after #StormFloris - had a quick trot to #Dunbarharbour after today’s round of golf (more a battle in the wind than golf ⛳️) - the #kittiwake chicks are now juveniles but still demanding of their parents.

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It’s the #kittiwakes @dunbarharbour for #SuperSeabirdSunday - lovely to see the young chicks developing (mainly 2 in nests) on the cliff ledges. Also a bird newly ringed by the ELC Rangers which helps track movement and survival

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The #EuropeanShag chicks are growing up quickly at #Dunbarharbour #EastLothian - with their feathers starting to replace their fluffy down. Perched on the rocks just off the harbour seawall.

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Side by side #DunbarHarbour - the resident all weather lifeboat the John Neville Taylor (Trent-class, Op. No. 14‑35) and the “relief” vessel the Windsor Runner (Trent-class, Op. No. 14‑06). Thought I was seeing double 🤓

#RNLI #lifeboats #EastLothian

Day 11 of #30DaysWild - took some time out this evening at #DunbarHarbour to watch the kittiwakes for a while. One of the ones spotted in flight appears to only have a single leg (pic 1). You can clearly see their distinctive black wing tips in flight.

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#Kittiwakes on the castle and cliffs at #DunbarHarbour ... their distinctive yellow bills, black-legs, black wing tips, red eye and red mouth and tongue clearly on display. My favourite small gull.

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Nice to catchup with Fiona & JR at #dunbarharbour today & lovely to see & hear the #kittiwake numbers building up as the season progresses - with some apparent movements in the cliff ledges being occupied

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Watching the head & neck stretches as part of the breeding displays of the #EuropeanShags on the rocks just off #DunbarHarbour #EastLothian - its head crest is very prominent and a vibrant green sheen on their feathers.

Fishing boats returning from up the coast into #DunbarHarbour today with a catch of brown crabs & lobsters - sitting outside the harbour until the tide came in far enough

#fishing #harbours #EastLothian #Dunbar #BassRock