A dry day with intermittent sunshine. Pleasantly cooler (19°C max). A light west breeze
South shore - Janet
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| Mediterranean gulls with Black-Headed gulls and Curlew On Red Nab, towards high water |
We have received the history of the white ringed Mediterranean gull seen on Saturday, just 28 days earlier it had been seen on its nesting grounds in the Netherlands. Yesterday it was seen at the Conder pool.
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| Several Painted Lady seen in the Nature Park and Middleton Nature Reserve |
Heyshan skear - Malcolm 15:00 - 1700
Little Egret 9
Great Crested grebe 3 (1 plus 2)
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| Great Crested grebe and feeding Herring gulls |
Gulls c400 most were Herring gulls
The gull just left of centre manages to eat five seed mussels in the duration of this clip.
They feed like this for a short while, but their crops are soon full and then they just rest, often just floating on the sea. Nevertheless, I managed to find four ringed birds, including 3 new ones for this summer. |
| These two 3rd calendar year Herring gulls could well be siblings N:49K eating a seed mussel |
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| And resting just 5m away N:47K. Details awaited |
Oystercatcher 1000+
Curlew 25
