A fresh southerly wind and a bit of rain and cloud has encouraged me to look at the sea on a few occasions over the past couple of days. No rewards as yet with just small numbers of Manx Shearwaters and a few Med Gulls passing, but tomorrow is looking the windiest of all the days so maybe the best is yet to come?
Black Hole Marsh has already proved popular with migrating waders, although I have managed to miss two Wood Sandpipers, a summer plumaged Knot and a Spotted Redshank (although this one is still present so there's hope yet!). It's also been a good summer for juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls on the Axe, and today I managed to add another four to the tally. All were on the Estuary early this afternoon...
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| The closest of the four |
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| There's two here, the one stood up with head tucked in being the darkest of all four, and the bird sat down facing left being classic in all respects (and the most advanced with several 2nd gen scapular feathers already) |
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| And this one was the largest, posing nicely here next to a Great Black-backed Gull which it was the same size as! |
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