Cormorant Sculptures

212 - A rather wet outing to Morecambe today, with very little opportunity for any photos.

These large boulders with sculptures of cormorants are on a traffic island on the sea front.

Morecambe Bay is a very significant site for all kinds of sea birds, and Morecambe itself has capitalised on this with a fascinating array of bird sculptures along the sea front.

On a nicer day, well worth a walk - but not today!

[Anna Morozova]

Interesting!

[Katharine Hubbard]

I like it - they remind me somewhat of the birds from the Noggin the nog cartoons! I hope the weather-related craziness is calming down for you guys now :)

[Bob]

Nice shot. The grey sky is perfect for the sculptures well.

[Jen]

I like the darkness of this shot.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

grand composition here...fancy traffic islands in Morecambe!

[Christine]

Good shot. I agree Morcambe sea front is interesting.

[Caren]

Great shot!!!

[bkb in the city]

Cool looking statue

[Bobbyj]

great capture!

[Pyrrhula]

Great composition of grey and black. Nice pov and beautiful captured

[Ian Fisher]

@annamorozova

Thank you Anna - there are a fascinating selection of sculptures of birds in this area!

[Ian Fisher]

@katharinehubbard

Thank you Katharine - the floods are well down in York, but the rain continues intermittently here in Lancaster. The forecast for Saturday in Lancaster is good, but sadly I will be on a train back to York then!

[Ian Fisher]

@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob - this was a brief interlude between very heavy rain showers!

[Ian Fisher]

@marshmallows

Thank you Jen - the darkness was a brief break between showers!

[Ian Fisher]

@ruthmouch

Thank you Ruth - I was impressed with this traffic island as well!

[Ian Fisher]

@chris17

Thank you Christine - but I prefer it in the sunshine!

[Ian Fisher]

@clmiller

Thank you Caren, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@bkbinthecity

Thank you Brian - it's one of a number of bird related sculptures, but sadly the weather prevented any more shots!

[Ian Fisher]

@bobbyj

Thank you Bobbyj, glad you like it!

[Ian Fisher]

@pyrrhula

Thank you Pyrrhula - I really like the bird sculptures in Morecambe, but sadly the weather stopped me getting any more shots!

[Tanja Carda]

Love these sculptures, the gloomy sky works well with this shot too =)

[Ian Fisher]

@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja - no choice in the sky colour, all Morecambe would offer me was various shades of grey!

[Janet]

I thought they were real! They are certainly very life-like.

[David Shimmings]

Our Mothers' Union had an outing to Morecambe 3 years ago and I took a photo of these birds.
The caption was "The Mothers' Union go to Morecambe"!

[Ian Fisher]

@janturnbull

Thank you Janet, they do look quite life like! I'm not sure they would settle in the middle of a traffic island if they were real though!

[Ian Fisher]

@andrewrome365

Than you David - they seem very popular with visitors. I have a shot from a previous visit with a blue sky as the backdrop!