Slender-billed Gull ~ Ebro Delta, Spain - Apr' 14

The morning of day 1 .. 24th April was the most productive for images ...

We had to wait for the cloud to lift and didn't get going till gone 10:00, but it was a great morning spent on Punta de la Banya with about a dozen or so Slender-bills to work with ...

One-to-one with the birds with nobody else about is just magic ..

Did I enjoy myself ... Oh yes !!

Still would like some juvenile images so will be going back again ...

Audouin's Gull ~ Ebro Delta, Spain - Apr' 14

There was only one fail safe site to photograph Audouin's Gull and that was in the harbour at Sant Carlos de la Rapida, late afternoon with the sun behind you ...

Now there's a but, you knew it was coming, trying to get a clean background with so many boats, masts and buildings meant really only one type of shot ... banked over with the dorsal view and sea background ..

So these are a bit repetitive ..

Audouin's Gull ~ Ad. s

4th cy ~ 3rd s

3rd cy ~ 2nd s