GORING GAP: Most of the interest this morning was provided by the gulls feeding on the greensward. Some 50
Mediterranean Gulls were around: 29 adults, 15 juveniles, four 2CYs and two 3CYs. The first juvenile
Common Gull of the year was probably the highlight, and a nice juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull dropped in for a short while before heading east. Good numbers of
Black-headed Gulls were around - 200+. Two
Whimbrel flew east along the beach then one doubled back a few minutes later and a
Dunlin flying east beyond the beach was probably actively moving. A distant flock of eight
Common Scoters flew west and the
Gannet tally increased to 31 in the easterly breeze. Four
Sandwich Terns flew east. 10
Little Egrets, a juvenile
Grey Heron and two
Oystercatchers were along the beach.
DKC
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| juvenile (left) and adult Common Gulls |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull |
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| juvenile Mediterranean Gull: some nice subtle variation in these today |
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| three adult Mediterranean Gulls (back) with adult Black-headed Gull and juvenile Mediterranean Gull (foreground) |
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| an underdog simply for being abundant: a smart juvenile Black-headed Gull |
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| juvenile Grey Heron |
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| Little Egrets on their tide commute |
