High tide c800 this morning 62 Med Gulls including 4 ringed birds (2 metal only, awaiting details of white 3PR8). Also 175 Black-headed Gulls inc 2 juvs, 8 Dunlin and 1 Greylag Goose in with the Canada Geese. Up river opposite St Dogmael's Quay c70 Curlew and 2 Black-tailed Godwits.
Just before this evening's high tide 67 Med Gulls - not only no ringed birds but also a much higher proportion of adult birds. Due to disturbance by a boat the mixed Gull flock took to the air, the Med Gulls went out to sea, the Black-headed Gulls returned.
Did the Med Gulls en masse decide they had enough time to fly up the Ceredigion coast to their "normal" late summer location - near Llanon, where over 700 are present late July / August....
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