Birds The Lowestoft colony of Kittiwakes

[Unframed Dave]

Took a guided walk around the colony today with some representatives of the Lowestoft Kittiwake Partnership. There are about 800 breeding pairs in and around Lowestoft town centre and harbour area. Some love them, some don't. I'll include a phone pic to show one of the reasons why they are not universally loved in the town.

The old guy was telling us about them on his building. He's a fan.

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[Unframed Dave]

Why some are not keen.....

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You can kind of see their point.

 

[Deleted Member 5003]

Wonderful Sill decoration....

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

What is happening with that bloke? Should have stopped taking photos of him, I think he needed help!

 

[Unframed Dave]

What is happening with that bloke? Should have stopped taking photos of him, I think he needed help!

He came to the window voluntarily to talk to us about the kittiwakes. He seemed fully in charge of his faculties to us. Just a bit of a character, having led most of his life in the most easterly sea port in the UK.

Perhaps you needed to be there?

 

[Deleted Member 5045]

Perhaps you needed to be there?

I'm pretty sure I'm not man enough to give this guy CPR mate...

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Excellent. I must go down when the young fledge, they are stunning birds. I can definitely see why some residents hate them. I wasn't aware they were in residential parts like that, I only knew of them on the old telephone exchange. As for that fella, a typical British eccentric.

 

[Unframed Dave]

Excellent. I must go down when the young fledge, they are stunning birds. I can definitely see why some residents hate them. I wasn't aware they were in residential parts like that, I only knew of them on the old telephone exchange. As for that fella, a typical British eccentric.

Perhaps we can get together, we were planning to get down for the young. fish and chips maybe?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Perhaps we can get together, we were planning to get down for the young. fish and chips maybe?

Good idea, late July should see the fledged birds flying if our trip to Bempton a couple of years back is a good gauge.