We are now into early April and that wonderful pelagic bird, the Fulmar Petrel, which has spent the winter out at sea is now back on its breeding grounds on Hunstanton cliffs. The Fulmar has always been one of my favourite birds since my several visits to Fair Isle during the long university holidays where I used to photograph them from the tops of the cliffs using a film SLR. Needless to say I didn't take 2000 photos a day then.
Fairly overcast today so not ideal, but at least I didn't have to worry about the direction of the sun. One of the advantages of the Fulmars at Hunstanton is that you can photograph them from the beach as the cliffs are not very high and some of the nesting sites are quite low. There were plenty to choose from.
And now for the difficult bit.........photographing them in flight. Difficult because they can be very fast, especially when they are flying straight at you, and the lighting conditions are forever changing from a sky background, to white cliff to dark cliff and all stations in between. However I did manage to get these.
Quite pleased with that on such a dull day.
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