Lisa and I ventured out late afternoon, still very windy (gusts touching 60mph or so at Mid Channel Rock off St. Ann's Head at that time, but significantly less than the 90mph recorded this morning!).
A flock of Black-headed Gulls were having a good time feeding along the tideline north from the parking area, expertly dodging the waves crashing in (which were getting bigger as the tide came in). Along the same tideline 25 Turnstone (by far the highest count this winter, perhaps some birds brought here from more exposed coast) and 2 Dunlin.
Further along the beach at the far end a sizeable flock of mainly small gulls, containing a minimum of 47 Mediterranean Gulls (33 adults, 4 3CY, 10 2CY). For the third time in recent weeks a red-ringed adult that I could not read (either Czech or Polish).
