Wednesday, 22 November 2017

More Caspian Gulls!

07.15-09.30 from the fishing boats with MH:
Common Scoter: 8 down
Great-crested Grebe: 25 on sea
Gannet: 368 down
Cormorant: c750 around
Merlin: 1 around
Kittiwake: 17 down
Guillemot: 1 down
Auk sp: 2 down
Grey Seal: 1
On the ARC 2 Great White Egrets and 10 Dunlin among c150 Lapwing and the usual wildfowl.
I spent midday to 16.40 watching Burrowes Pit mainly from Firth hide. 8 Caspian Gulls 4 x 1w, 3 x 4th cal yr birds and an adult came in to roost, also 7 Yellow-legged Gulls and a spectacular 5,000+ Great Black-backed Gulls came in, thanks are due to David walker of Dungeness B.O. for counting them also 1,000+ Cormorants.
 adult Yellow-legged Gull
1 legged 1w Caspian Gull
1w Caspian Gull
 1w Caspian Gull taken at 51,200 ISO in near darkness
  adult Caspian Gull
 Nr adult Caspian Gull
 Ad Caspian gull
 Herring Gull A6XT
Great Black Backed Gull  J5353
The above Great Black-backed Gull has also been seen at Dungeness on 24/05/2013 & on 09/10/2014
Many thanks to David Walker for the sightings information.

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