Ravens

Over the past few years, Ravens have steadily become more common here. Not that long ago they were scarce and required a visit to Culver or the western end of the island to see.

On leaving Culver I went to Seaview, as the tide was falling and the rain was stopping. Parking the car and getting my camera out, I noticed a large black bird on the sea wall by the car park. A Raven! Not only that,  there was another one on the rocks the other side of the wall and they were joined by a third one. The first one wasn't bothered by the continuous procession of humans passing it, even stopping and looking at it didn't faze it, although it would have been off at a moment's notice.

The light was absolute crap and a black bird against a much lighter background is a challenge even for the most modern camera system, especially when the sea and sky are both a horrible white colour.