Skywatch Friday: Skies over Sandown Bay

Last Sunday I posted some images of my blustery walk along Sandown Bay.  Here are a few more from that same day, this time with an emphasis on looking up.  This is Skywatch Friday, after all…

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All of the bird images in this post are black headed gulls.  Other sea birds were out and about that day but they didn’t want their photographs taken.  I couldn’t say if this is the same black headed gull three times or three different ones.  I’m sure their mothers can tell them apart but sadly, I can’t!

Below, a shot of the bay, with its choppy waters at high tide and the moody sky that accompanied the strong wind.

The black headed gulls are easy to stalk and photograph.  This one  flew right over my head.

If you enlarge the image below you’ll see this gull is having an ‘Oh-oh!’ moment, like it’s just realised it maybe didn’t turn off the hair straighteners.  (I am, alas, no stranger to such moments myself…)

And finally, this path between the back of the waterfront apartments and the cliff takes you back up from the water’s edge to the cliff path.  I like this combination of colours, and nature meeting architecture.

Thanks to Klaus, Sandy, Ivar, Wren, Fishing Guy and Louise who host Skywatch Friday each week, you can now click on the badge below to go visit hundreds more beautiful skies from all over the world.

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