Mainly overcast with the odd light shower. A fresh west breeze
Just my stuff so far - Malcolm
A walk along the south sea wall 09:45 - 11:15, just as the tide was starting to come in.
Peregrines 2 juveniles chasing gulls around the Power Stations
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| Peregrine chasing a gull |
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| Two Peregrines |
Mediterranean gulls c25. I only saw them on the feeding beach by the wooden jetty. Today there were catching Sandmason worms, and they were joined by Black-Headed gulls and a couple of Carrion Crows having a go.
There were several Mediterranean gulls closer to the sea wall, including two 2nd calendar year birds. |
| This 2cy was on the same patch that it has occupied for the last 3 days |
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| This 2cy was about 10m away and being tolerated |
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| Adult Mediterranean gull, there were also at least 2 3cy |
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| As soon as I saw this adult I knew that when it moved it was going to limp |
It was close to the sea wall, just below the side of No.1 outfall. There are Sandmason worms here, but it isn't a desirable feeding ground. But a limping Mediterranean gull last year developed a method of finding enough to eat here. It clearly wasn't nimble enough to compete with the other gulls in the better feeding areas. And sure enough, when today's Med moved it showed that it was almost certainly the same bird as last year.
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| One of several juvenile Black-Headed gulls around |
Rock Pipit 2 together flew past the roundhead towards the wooden jetty
Linnet several among the brambles and in the scrub near the lighthouse
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| Linnet |
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| This Grey Seal was inside the harbour, can't remember seeing one actually inside the harbour before. |
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| One of the Jays that regularly visit my feeders. The peanuts in shells were already gone when it arrived so made do, begrudgingly, with fat balls. |
