Steve Lister saw a juvenile Iceland Gull at Shawell on Thursday , which we initially thought was one of the birds that had been around for a while. However, yesterday lunchtime I was passing, so I had half an hour looking at the gulls and luckily a juvenile Iceland Gull dropped in. Its outer primaries were browner than the rest of its primaries, which was very distinctive and it was definitely a new bird. Today I saw Friday's bird and another new juvenile. The new one had a pink base to its bill, which Steve's bird had, so it could be the same one. We may well be up to 12 Iceland Gulls for for the the 2107/2018 winter now.
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| Juvenile Iceland Gull, Shawell Sandpit, April 6th 2018 |
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| Juvenile Iceland Gull, Shawell A5 Lagoons, April 7th 2018 |
As well as the 'white-wingers', at this time of year I'm looking for Baltic Gulls. Especially the colour-ringed bird I saw in 2014 and 2016. I spotted the bird below, which must be one, but without a colour-ring no cigar!
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| Presumed Baltic Gull, Shawell Sandpit, April 7th 2018 |
Stunner of a Baltic Gull that one Carl - different in so many ways
ReplyDeleteGreat image of the presumed Baltic Gull Car, it really shows how elongated the bird is. It looks a bit strange to say the least.
ReplyDeleteA nice clear Baltic Gull -www.valleynaturalist.blogspot.com
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