As we wandered along Cromer Beach in Norfolk I was amazed to see what appeared to be Swifts or Swallows nesting in burrowed holes high up on the cliffs, so I spent some time trying to photograph flying around their holes using sports mode on my Nikon 5100 DSLR. I pointed and clicked with little success.
Then I had the idea of timing by counting how long it took for the bird to fly into the hole, do its feeding and emerge, and surprisingly it turned out to be pretty regular, both leaving and then returning.
Not being an ornithologist I guessed that the feeding process has to be regular, who knows.
When I trawled through the hundreds of shots I took over a glass of wine I was really pleased to see that I had a small number of nice action shots. Here they are:
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| Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech - Heading In |
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| Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech - Heading Out |
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| Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech - Catching Flies |
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| Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech - Leaving Nest |
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| Cliff Nesting On Cromer Beech - Bolting From Nest Hole |
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