Tag: gulls
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Snow, St Andrews, and foxes
We started our day today with a lovely train journey through snowy landscapes to visit Daniel in St Andrews. We’ve had snow in the north east of Scotland this week which has made everything very pretty. I took this next photo at Duthie Park yesterday. Here are a couple of photos from the train today.…
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Dead gulls and litter picking during Storm Floris
This week so far I’ve picked 5 dead baby gulls from the road. Two were on Crown Street and another three were on the Raik Road and Poynernook Road ear the intersection of the two. All the roads have speed limits of 30mph or less so I can only assume the motorists were speeding or…
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White pigeon
A white pigeon has started visiting the bird feeders in our backyard. I’ve never seen one before. I wonder if it’s an escaped pet? Or maybe one of many released white pigeons at someone’s wedding? These are not the best photos because I took them through glass and it seems I need to clean the…
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Herring gull chick
The herring gull nesting in the chimney pots on our roof is now a parent as yesterday I spotted a chick. It’s hard to see in this photo so I’ve annotated around it with a red box. I don’t always see it as it’s behind the metal chimney but sometimes it peers out the side…
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Gull dinner party
I baked another dud sourdough loaf which I threw onto the back lawn. A colony of gulls swooped in and demolished it all in less than a minute. Before the gulls arrived some local birds had a go. I got this one brave bird feasting right in front of Victoria our cat. I’m not sure…
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