Another bright, sunny morning with a very cold NW wind
but there was little new around the Fishing Boats first thing with a few more Red-throated
Divers present while the 1st winter Caspian Gull was still loafing around. A stomp through the Trapping Area then
produced single Firecrest and
Chiffchaff with 4+ Goldcrests and a couple of Long-tailed Tit parties.
The
RSPB Reserve then produced little new but improved counts of 3 Great White Egrets and 9+ Little
Egrets before the day’s highlight came late on with 2 Glaucous Gulls together on the beach at the Fishing Boats – a pale
juvenile and a very confiding 2nd winter bird.
Glaucous Gull at dusk
Eye Eye
1st winter Marsh Harrier
Adult female Marsh Harrier
Big, ugly argentatus Herring Gull (the photo makes the mantle look a bit darker than it looked in the field)
Herring Gull - probably ringed somewhere in Gloucester
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