Something of nothing today, with the brisk easterly hindering meaningful fieldwork but also seemingly not turning up much in the way of seasonable common migrants or scarcities. A
Caspian Gull grounded at the Bill - where there were also as many as 10
Yellow-legged Gulls through the course of the day - was the day's migrant highlight, with a departing
Osprey there also of note. However, routine fare was really quite poorly represented, with nothing in quantity or of other quality either on the ground or overhead. The sea provided a little compensation, with 400
Mediterranean Gulls, 69
commic terns, 49
Balearic Shearwaters, 3
Manx Shearwaters and an
Arctic Skua amongst the conventional movers and 9
Grey Herons, 3
Wigeon, 2
Teal and a
Grey Plover amongst the weather-related oddballs.
Another Caspian Gull - this one beginning to moult out of juvenile plumage so a little more advanced than last week's more or less full-blown juvenile - was the pick of the gulls amongst the Culverwell gull flock today (with thanks to Brett for his comments that continue to further our large gull education)...
...with the flock also again containing an interesting miscellany of Yellow-legged Gull plumages © Martin Cade
