Saturday 12 July: Mediterranean Gull
This morning, sunny intervals with a bit of a breeze.
There was still the feeling of things quietening down on the Meadow though this morning on the floods there was a MEDITERRANEAN GULL hanging out with the black-headed's. It didn't quite have a full black hood so not quite a full adult. There were also a few lesser black-backed gulls and a single "herring gull" which might possibly have had yellow legs.
A single COMMON SANDPIPER still on the north shore and 2 REDSHANKS half way down on the west shore. 3 LITTLE EGRETS still present along with the COMMON TERNS.
The two BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were present earlier but had departed by mid morning (WoM). There was also a HOBBY and a SPARROWHAWK (WoM)
A great crested grebe feeding it's young on the river © Peter Styles
There was still the feeling of things quietening down on the Meadow though this morning on the floods there was a MEDITERRANEAN GULL hanging out with the black-headed's. It didn't quite have a full black hood so not quite a full adult. There were also a few lesser black-backed gulls and a single "herring gull" which might possibly have had yellow legs.
A single COMMON SANDPIPER still on the north shore and 2 REDSHANKS half way down on the west shore. 3 LITTLE EGRETS still present along with the COMMON TERNS.
The two BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were present earlier but had departed by mid morning (WoM). There was also a HOBBY and a SPARROWHAWK (WoM)
A great crested grebe feeding it's young on the river © Peter Styles