Another day of Mediterranean Gull movement with at least 40 present over the evening tide, a sample count in the estuary saw 15 ad, 11 2CY and nine 1CY, with the first juvenile in the morning.
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| Mediterranean Gull (1CY & ad) - Jim Summers |
Also over high tide 196 Curlew, 25 Redshank, 18 Sandwich Tern, eight Whimbrel, four Ringed and two Grey Plover, three Bar-tailed Godwit, two Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper and a Dunlin.
Elsewhere eight Raven were on Finger Point with 15 Manx Shearwater and a Great Crested Grebe offshore.
Ringing News: The Dutch ringed Black-headed Gull was again present, joined by a bird from Poland. Other recoveries included five new Mediterranean Gull from Ireland, France and Germany and a Sandwich Tern from Northern Ireland.
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| Mediterranean (and Black-headed) Gull - Jim Summers |
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