Another visit with Paul, another mix of gulls. Best of all not one but 2 adult Caspian gulls. We were lucky to get some excellent views in optimal conditions - flat calm, against a dark background. The first bird was alongside an adult Yellow-legged gull at times, providing a nice opportunity to compare the mantle tones, superb. Whilst Paul had it in his scope I came across another adult Caspian nearby, which appeared to be the gull seen on the 9 November. That's 13 gull species in the last week or so.
The juv
Glaucous gull was opposite the eastern arm at dusk, despite the failing light it gave us great views. We spent so much time enjoying the Caspians we didn't really cover the rest of the roost as thoroughly as we could have, so no doubt missed stuff. 4
Yellow-legged, 6
Meds. A GC grebe the first this winter. A marauding adult GBB was putting everything on edge and there were a couple of scuffles as it roughed up anything that looked vulnerable. Footnote: whilst concentrating on the Caspians we heard some bugling close by, we couldn't see anything overhead so may have been coming from the fields just to the east (Whooper swan(s) possibly).
