Here
are the black-necked swans, along with a pair of mute swans in the
second shot. Mute swans are 'normal' for our area, and can be sighted
easily on waterways such as the moat in Arundel and river Arun in
Arundel and Littlehampton.
I
continued towards the cafe/exit and spotted an info board concerning
eiders - with a living example right next to it. Other than in
Arundel, I do not recall having sighted eiders, although they are a
resident bird.
This
concludes my late-January visit to Arundel. Perhaps next month, on my
excursion, the mating rituals will have commenced and bright plumaged
birds will be performing for my camera.
My
next trip was to Brighton and on my way home, I took my camera out while on
the top layer of ther double decker bus and took a shot of a row of
pigeons above one of the shops. The seagull is a reflection through
the bus window from the other side in the close up picture...
Back
home, and I had 3 wood pigeons on the fence at once. Alas, one flew
away before I could grab my camera from the spare room to take the
photo.
Man, Starbucks are everywhere. That looks like a nice old building, though.
ReplyDeleteWell, the pigeons seem to like it!
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