http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk Birding from around the world Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gannets-at-bempton-cliffs-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gannets-at-bempton-cliffs-british-birding/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:24:26 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=23148 Sitting just a metre away from Britain’s largest seabird with the wind in my face and only the sound of tens of thousands of nesting Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and, of course, Gannets gave me the sense that I was perched on the cliff face nesting site with the multitude of birds but in actuality [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gannets-at-bempton-cliffs-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:01:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21207 It might look fluffy and cute but this young Lesser Black-backed Gull was already enjoying the fruits of a predatory lifestyle when I photographed it at the end of July growing fat on a diet of freshly fledged Pufflings! While sitting, watching Puffins go in and out of their burrows to go out and catch [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:51:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21186 In July I took a boat trip from Amble, in Northumbria, UK, out to Coquet Island to see the Roseate Terns that nest there. It was a nice, one hour, boat trip that gave me good views of lots of Roseate Terns feeding their chicks as well as plenty of Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Guillemots, Sandwich [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:01:01 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21167 Early in the last week of July I made a trip to the north east of England to take advantage of the end of the seabird nesting season before the majority of birds left the nesting areas and headed out to sea. My main destination was the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumbria, which [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gulls-in-bridlington-harbour/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gulls-in-bridlington-harbour/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:37:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=29 Today, a brief shopping trip to Bridlington gave me some time to check out the birds in the harbour. With the tide in, and given the time of year, there were not too many species around; just large numbers of Herring Gulls of all ages. A single Lesser Black-backed Gull, a few Common Gulls and [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gulls-in-bridlington-harbour/feed/ 0