It's been another fairly quiet couple of weeks really. The 2 Spotted Flycatchers from Sunday 17th were still present on the Monday morning, but otherwise very little of note.
The gull numbers appear to be dropping again but there's still been 1-2 Yellow-legged Gulls on most visits. As well as the odd Common Sandpiper and Yellow Wagtail.
Generally this week has been the same with large numbers of gulls being the general interest, which has pulled in a few Common Gulls, and on Thursday evening there were 3 Common Sandpipers.
Today Clive and John Beak found 2 Spotted Flycatchers in the wood. Our first of the year.
It's generally been a quiet couple of weeks with little change and not much to report. With the large number of gulls around, particularly Lesser Black-backed Gulls, there's normally been a few Yellow-legged Gulls around too with up to six on some visits. There's also been the odd Little Ringed Plover and Yellow Wagtail of note, but very little else.
Today was a bit different though with JFT seeing a juvenile Mediterranean Gull and 2 Mandarin Ducks early on and then a second juvenile Med Gull stood on one of the nearby warehouses. As well as that, as he was leaving a Common Tern flew in for a couple of minutes.
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| Photos courtesy and copyright of JFT |
