Spot the Eider Chicks

There are several eider creches using the reserve at the moment and I stumbled on one whilst out doing a breeding bird survey. Out on the rocky shore you can see how camouflaged they are against the rocks and seaweed. There were 10 in this particular group so I moved away and left them in peace.

 

 

 

 

There is always something new to look and below is some interesting cloud formations visible over the dunes last week.

 

Holy Island Creche

We saw our first eider chicks on bank holiday monday and having spied them from the causeway today the original three seem to have been joined by a couple more. They look to be forming the famous eider creche which sees the females taking care of several broods of chicks together. Here's a couple of pics of eider taken previously as the causeway was a little busy for me to stop and take some more.

JJD(C)