Back at Muriwai with the Gannets

A second trip out to Muriwai in a week captured some more photos of these amazing Gannets as they settle in for the breeding season. It is a truly magical place. The council have provided such close up access, with the wonder of Gannets soaring high above you or gliding mere feet above your head as they come into land.

through the sea spray and slight mist the Gannet colony on the off shore Island at Muriwai looks magical in the late afternoon sun. 

testing the wind. 

up close... the startling blue of the eye lids. 

Skybird… 

looking down at the wild waves below. 

A Gannet flies over the colony.

Gannets land on the grassly side of the cliff to gather nesting material.