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A brief trip to RSPB Troup Head yesterday was as spectacular as always. A whirling maelstrom of birds including the always photogenic northern gannet (Moras bassanus) this one catching the light beautifully, at against the dark cliffs and sea below.
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Antarctic fur seal relaxing..... At the start of the year these beautiful boys started returning to Signy. Very few breed here, so we usually just get the younger, smaller and foolish testosterone filled youngsters hanging out for the summer. After spendi
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Snow petrel soaring over the Antarctic Ice. Another Snow Petrel before a flurry of penguin chick picks! #nikon #antarctica #lightroom #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature_perfection #wildlife_perfection #everythingantarctica #picoftheday #agam
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Cuteness in a cave! It's all go in the Antarctic at the moment, the penguin chicks are growing rapidly and some are near to fledging but tucked up safely in their caves the ridiculously #cute Snow Petrel chicks are still all downy but growing rapidly! #ni
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One of my favourite photos from my last trip here to Signy almost 10 years ago is this angelic Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea).Coming out of an overcast and snow filled sky straight at the camera, I love the simplicity and the only break from the pale colou
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An Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) incubating it's eggs on Signy Island in the South Orkneys. I really like the clean and simple imagery on this edit. I love trying to capture the essence of the species I'm lucky enough to work with, trying to pare do
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A pair of Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarctica) penguins bonding on Signy Island in the South Orkneys this week. This year I'm fortunate enough to be working on the long term monitoring program that British Antarctic Survey carry out on the penguins here. Thi
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This #WorldOceansDay, will you join me in being part of @albatross_stories? This unique conservation campaign led by @rspb_love_nature with the @britishantarcticsurvey is helping the public fall in love with threatened albatross species over social media
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Looking back…. Well it seems it’s time for me to leave finally and head back to the real world for a while. I think I finally got the shot I had in mind a couple of years ago when I was offered the chance to return to Bird Island. I purchased a Nikon 200m
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A farewell selfie! Well, after almost eighteen months on Bird Island I’m stretching my wings and have ventured into the outside world. Currently sitting in Stanley in the Falkland Islands awaiting a weather window to start the next adventure. Rather than
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Fluffball… I seem to be on a cuteness streak at the moment. I captured this little guy yesterday on one of my farewell wanders about the island. This is a grey-headed albatross chick in all its fluffed up glory. Around two months old now and fending for t
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Mum........! When the female furseals come back from foraging trips they scream at the top of thier lungs to let their pup know they are back and to locate each other. This pup has heard her and is howling back. This is lovely to see and hear, until they
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Reunion..... A change from birds for a while. With the boat coming next week to start the long journey back home I'm trying to make the most of the last few days Here this female Antarctic Fur Seal returns from a foraging trip and is reuniting with her pu
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Bird Island views My last few weeks here now! Seems strange after eighteen months this time and spending nearly four years of my life on this spectacular little rock to be leaving again. It's making me think of all the little spots and species I need to v
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Waiting… This young wandering albatross (Diomedia exulans) female is patiently incubating the pairs single egg. Wandering albatrosses breed every two years, taking around a year from mating to the chick finally fledging is a huge commitment. A large part
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In flight… A stormy day a couple of weeks ago meant some lovely under-lighting of the birds as they flew close in to shore over the white foaming waters. This black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) cruises past on it’s way back to the breeding
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Sky calling….. Another shot of the wanderers displaying last week on a fine summers evening. Here a couple are in the early stages of their display ritual, as they come back to the island where they were born, even to the same ridge or valley, they displa
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Display flight Another one from yesterday. I saw the fantastic looking iceberg and spent a few hours sitting on the cliffs waiting for things to fly in front of it! A bit chilly, but wrth every minute of it. Here are a pair of Light-mantled Albatrosses (P
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Dark skies, big bergs and just one tiny bird…. Occasionally I take photos of things that aren’t birds, even more occasionally I take things that aren’t even wildlife! Today is not one of those days….. Not sure if this will work with Instagrams resolution,
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Yammering…… This young female wandering albatross (Diomedia exulans) is yammering (yes, it’s a word!!). A threat display towards an unwanted advance. Her wings are spread wide and chest out from an interrupted sky call. The intricate and varied displays i
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HELLO!!!! A grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) making it’s ridiculous trumpeting call. When they arrive in the colony, often on top of another bird, they make this fantastic trumpeting call or during part of their display to a prospective ma
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Land Ho! A Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chryolophus) looking for the way ashore through the crashing surf to the colony at Big Mac on Bird Island #nikon #lightroom #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #best_birds_of_ig #nature_perfection #bird #birds #b
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Incoming.... Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chryolophus) porpoising as they come in at high speed to the colony at Big Mac. #nikon #lightroom #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #best_birds_of_ig #nature_perfection #bird #birds #birdsofinstagram #birdli
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Landfall These macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chryolophus) struggling to get ashore at Big Mac colony amongst this boiling maelstrom of water and kelp. 5m swell was crashing ashore but these tough little creatures were making it look easy as they return from
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Shelter… This Black-browed albatross was sheltering from an all too regular downpour whilst incubating this season’s egg. Shot in one of my regular study colonies, it’s a real privilege to follow these birds throughout the season and over many years throu
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Wanderers by sunset Not had much time to get out with the camera lately as it’s the middle of summer and peak season for the day job! But managed to get out late last evening just as the sun was setting on an unusually warm and still day. Here three wande
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Twins… A couple of extremely cute Gentoo penguin chicks today from a shoot a couple of days ago on the beach next door. The chicks are growing fast and will soon be left unguarded by their parents, but will crèche together for safety in large huddles. The
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Reflections.... A view of the coast reflected in the eye of a grey-headed albatross chick from last season. This is a shot I've been trying to get for a while. After 'a few' failed attempts I finally got the right conditions with an interesting sky, nice
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A final one from the carnage on Wednesday..... Are you hungry enough to take on this northern giant petrel? #nikon #lightroom #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #nature_perfection #wildlife_inspired #bird #birds #birdsofinstagram #birdlife #petrel #
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Another shot from Wednesdays feeding frenzy....You've got to the bigger, stronger and faster to get to the food, and then you've got to keep it! These giant petrels will battle over the last scraps until there's just bones left. Feathers raised like hackl
