Friday 13 January 2023

Gann

This week has been a mixed bag in terms of gull numbers, some days very few, other days much better.  Today, as the tide dropped out, it was the turn of the smaller gulls to be present in numbers - hardly any large gulls at all.  Highlight was a 2CY Little Gull in amongst a large mixed flock of Black-headed / Common / Mediterranean Gulls.

A minimum of 70 Mediterranean Gull included 3 with white rings (2 successfully read, both from Belgium, both recorded here before), and 1 yellow (German, new for the Gann, at least for me - ASUJ).  Also a red-ringed Black-headed Gull but it was too windy to be sure of the combination (looked like ZBK1 but doesn't match any scheme I can find on cr-birding).

The female Eider still present and showing well.