WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get. This is a journal blog, an explore-blog, a bit of this and that blog. Sharing where the mood takes me. Perhaps it will take you too.

Menorgimaelstrome; something different

Last Monday, Mac1 drove me back to the Hutch to check for mail, then up to the Inverclyde Hospital fracture clinic for the one week review of the wrist injury (all good, next appt 8th October). After this, we made a day of it by heading to the Port Glasgow shopping park for a grocery gathering, clothes browse and to collect a picnic lunch. We drove down beside the shoreline to eat and watched as a hoard of seabirds capered in the water in front of us.

We got curious. Numerous Herring Gulls, as well as Black-headed and Caspian Gulls (a rare visitor here), plus a handsome heron, cormorant and a pair of female mergansers were frolicking - yes, I say frolicking!

Out of the car and over to the barrier we went, where peering into the gently lapping water of the Clyde we saw a large shoal of whitebait being press-ganged into the shingle by a voracious bunch of mackeral. Mac1 whipped out her trusty 'me-tab' thingy and took a couple of piccies as well as some vid footage. Look closely - the dark swirling below the surface is not seaweed, but fish; you'll also see silver flashes as the whitebait attempt to flee...right onto the shingle and into birds beaks!!!


13 comments:

  1. A lot of organization here. Under the water and above.

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  2. Cool video - that sure was a lot of fishies:)

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  3. We are glad your paw is healing well!!

    Your Pals Who Are Checking In,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  4. Birds look there enjoying them self. But I find joy in lot of things
    Coffee is on

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  5. wow that are so much fishies!... the mama had immediately fish&chips in her mind... and we ..too LOL

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  6. Dearest YAM-Aunty,
    Thank you so very much for the lovely comment today in honor our are Diva Princess...
    she was a very very bright shining light here and I feel sure she is illuminating/bossing all at the Rainbow Bridge.
    I will remember her with each ray of sun and box I see.
    With hugs and proud to have been Mom of Madi
    Cecilia

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  7. my hubby always looks for water like your video, he says where there are swirling baitfish like these there will be bigger fish to catch and eat. glad you had a short outing along with the clinic visit.

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  8. Love the quote and delightful phots of the gulls ~ glad to see it!

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores

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  9. Wow. Good you have a driver!
    Do you have a cast?!
    I feel so badly for you! Take care! xx

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