Bird Talk

By His Royal Dryness, The Duke of Cork -
Diverting from my usual themes, here's some snaps:-



Gulls nesting on cliffs between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay


While we waited for a tiny boat to go through the bridge, I snapped a cormorant




The drawing made us chuckle

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