Kittiwakes

[Reiver]

Went along to Cullernose point a couple of days ago to try my hand at some bird photography with my 4/3 70-300mm lens. There's a colony of Kittiwakes (I think) breed there and the cliffs are covered in s**t, which by coincedence is how my images turned out. I don't think the lens is very good above 200mm but for the price I paid and the fact I'm not a 'birder' isn't a worry. I enjoyed it though, it was a lovely morning out in the fresh air, these are the best of a bad bunch.

[shakyHands]

You've got to appreciate birds that can nest in an environment like that. In the second one I imagine the bird on the left is wondering if it can steal some of the weed the bird on the right has in its nest.