4 Aug 2025

9 Jul 25 - The Brownsea Wave Machine

One of the Physics lessons that I can remember from school days, involved creating wave ripples from dropping a single drop of water into a large dish of water. It would have been more fun if we had had this little late brood Black-headed Gull to generate the ripples.
Black-headed Gull: Chick. Most of the Black-headed Gull chicks had fledged, but there were still a few late broods from failed pairs or maybe first time breeding pairs
Black-headed Gull: Chick. The Black-headed Gull chicks are far happier to wander than the Tern chicks. I'm surprised more don't get grabbed by the local Great Black-backed Gulls
Black-headed Gull: Chick
Black-headed Gull: Chick. Finally, it's got the hang of making a perfect ripple