and following continuous sightings which included one bird clearly 'sitting'. There was a magic moment one evening on July 22nd youngsters had very recently hatched!
The distant family group....
The two chicks with one of the parents.
The parents were extremely busy fending off the attentions of the gulls there!
I was pretty busy on my travels thereafter but a return visit one month to the day later (22nd August) revealed that the chicks (down to one now) had fledged! Here's the youngster still present that day
Begging for food!
Touchy feely begging!
The adult still scrambling to deter the attentions of Gull - always hoping for a free meal too!
A wing stretch.....
If calling doesn't result in my food?
I'll feign the broken wing trick!
It didn't work!!
How about a pull on the parents tail?
I suppose I'll have to find my own food then....
This fishing lark isn't as easy as you might think.....
A couple of portraits....
The make a lovely couple?
And off on their long journey now! No sign at the end of last week.....
