While visiting B&Q today in Peterhead to seek a few items for Storm Arwen repairs (we were without electricity for over 30hrs too during the storm) I dropped down and spent an hour at the Harbour. It's quite a bonus to be able to drive around this busy bustling harbour and watch the fishing fleet come and go, along with a number of supply vessels for the rigs. A great place for 'white-winged Gulls too if there are any boats unloading but I was far too late for that today.
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| One of two Great Northern Divers sheltering within the harbour. |
I was hopeful of finding perhaps a sheltering
Little Auk, or if ultra lucky maybe even a
Brunnich's Guillemot but it wasn't to be!
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| Since relocating to Aberdeenshire I still find it strange to see Puffins in the winter. |
A good visit though nevertheless with a couple of
Great Northern Divers,
Puffin and
Black Guillemot, the latter not too common to the northeast. Also while here plenty of
Shag and the usual
Harbour Seals.
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| Black Guillemot sporting his almost white winter plumage. The red reflection on the water from a nearby fishing boat. |
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| Shag ~ A common sight around our rocky shores |
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| Another view of Great Northern Diver |
