Wildlife of the Arctic

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  27 June 2017     11:58330606
  #1      
  Phil Smith has been on an expedition to the Arctic and brought back some great photos.
  
  Barnacle Geese.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Grey Phalarope.
  
  

  

  
  
  Drake Eider.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  27 June 2017     12:33330607
  #2      
  Arctic Skua.
  
  

  

  
  
  Pink Footed Geese.
  
  

  

  
  
  Arctic Tern.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  http://mrphil-kearsneybirder.blogspot.co.uk/
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  27 June 2017     19:51330618
  #3      
  Walrus Colony.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
  Judith Roberts likes this
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  28 June 2017     11:19330634
  #4      
  Little Auks.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Black Guillemot.
  
  

  

  
  
  Fulmar.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  29 June 2017     09:23330653
  #5      
  Polar bears.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
  Judith Roberts and Chris like this
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  29 June 2017     17:59330676
  #6      
  Glaucous Gull.
  
  

  

  
  
  Dining on an unfortunate Kittiwake.
  
  

  

  
  
  King Eider.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  29 June 2017     20:21330684
  #7      
  Reindeer.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Dunlin.
  
  

  

  
  
  http://mrphil-kearsneybirder.blogspot.co.uk/
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  30 June 2017     19:03330710
  #8      
  Minke Whale.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  1 July 2017     11:16330727
  #9      
  Polar Bear swimming/
  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  White billed Divers.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• Weird Granny Slater

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 7 Jun 2017
  • Posts: 3,095
  1 July 2017     17:16330739
  #10      
  I must say, that diver is stunning.
  'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  1 July 2017     18:03330744
  #11      
  Great Skua Bonxie.
  
  

  

  
  
  Ringed Seal.
  
  

  

  
  
  Inquisitive Reindeer.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  1 July 2017     20:57330751
  #12      
  Blue Whale.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  2 July 2017     15:41330769
  #13      
  Drake Eider.
  
  
  ]

  

  
  
  Female Eider.
  
  

  

  
  
  Barnacle Goose.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  2 July 2017     20:54330787
  #14      
  Long tailed Duck.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  Snow Bunting.
  
  

  

  
  
  Ivory Gulls.
  
  

  

  
  
  Purple Saxifrage.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  3 July 2017     09:31330806
  #15      
  Grey Phalarope.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  Brunnichs Guillemot.
  
  

  

  
  
  Pink Footed Goose.
  
  

  

  
  
  Long Tailed Skua.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  3 July 2017     19:59330841
  #16      
  Bearded Seal.
  
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Turnstone in Summer plumage.
  
  

  

  
  
  Sorrel.
  
  

  
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  4 July 2017     20:19330891
  #17      
  I have only uploaded some of the wildlife photos so would heartily recommend a look at the stunning scenery on the site.
  
  
  http://mrphil-kearsneybirder.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/