Yesterday morning I had a plan. That plan was to go to Cresswell and try some rockpool photography with the new macro lens. I' writing a beach guide for work and I'm short of a few rockpool photos so I thought I'd give it a go, but I'd have a quick look in at the patch first.
My first stop was the dunes for a look on the sea, as I scanned the foreshore I noticed lots of gulls and terns feeding in a pool on the edge of the tideline and it reminded me of
photographing terns in a small pool back in 2013. I had to investigate...
Two hours and one and a half 16GB CF cards later, I headed home.
The pool had attracted over 200 black-headed gulls and hundred or so terns of three, maybe four, species (I didn't get any arctic tern photos). Here are the results...
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This sandwich tern was colour ringed. It's a green ring with either EJO or EJD on it. I've not looked it up yet. |
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Sandwich tern in 'angel pose'
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Mid-air acrobatics - I think this Sandwich tern was having a shake after an unsuccessful dive |
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I've always wanted to photograph a tern just before it goes into the water... |
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Lift-off from an unsuccessful dive - I love the energy in this shot |
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Common tern in angle pose
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Common terns with fish |
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Rozza |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_3KdtoTdZtzH49CxifTEhIctWU2F7TEYi6hXJS4wYUxuofYaiurvFhOr7WboG3LxKOVK4ma7ifwjEQ9vyNCC5PWfhlDaf2jBGMsMxw7MjujAEas5-FgHVPSF6GFvCh2-H2CN11IyLXgS/s640/Terns_140718-217.jpg) |
Stunning bird! Roseate tern |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRM9nmmFXxZ5_fg0Age0MnkqY41HZltkz9FxMnVdS6JR3vXHHlODdlrl7ZSlzuN8KxYtupHfovYRCpXUoeZLJkTTy9TlbXRswOipeoTLeaE0OvlMFfQDjhYtA0b_fgMrIGfAh0C5kBL2U/s640/Terns_140718-221.jpg) |
Profile view - Roseate tern |
And not to forget the gulls in this tern-fest...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-zva_TR_j4TMcG6JpdTF2glvgSMLoIFdTGwKrymGzVEiSMmY6VLk-AB8C4D9esmFxgQfSxgZKGmitHgQULn-ivXA8A2RGEWN0zr5j3e2ujJpnPCfEcYi6ccPgEPxz-PPEWPfa5al9bVZ/s640/Terns_140718-065.jpg) |
Adult Herring gull |
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Black-headed gull |
There's hundreds more photos...
I eventually got down to Cresswell this morning to photograph the rockpools with mixed results which I'll try and put on here later in the week. This excursion meant I was doing my WeBS count at 8.30pm tonight, The Pectoral sandpiper is still on the Budge fields, with two greenshank, two ruff and a handful of snipe and redshank (someone had a wood sandpiper later which I didn't see). On the big pool, teal and wigeon are returning and two molting pochards were a rare sight. Two adult Med gulls were on the beach.
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