Saturday, 9 July 2016

9th July - showers early am, then sunny intervals, becoming warm, 22C, light SW

About noon a Red Kite flew low, westward, over the village.

At Shawell lagoons this afternoon 400+ Lesser black-backed Gulls, c20 Herring Gulls and three Yellow-legged Gulls were present.  There were at least four juvenille LBBGs present and the YLGs consisted on two adults and one 2 summer plumed bird.  Another gull showed characteristics of a Caspian Gull  but it's age meant it was difficult to distinguish it from Herring Gull.

Also present there were a small number of Sand Matins feeding, a Little Grebe, several Tufted Duck, a female Mallard with very small ducklings, a Common Sandpiper appeared feeding for awhile along the shore.  Long-tailed and Blue Tits foraged in the hedgerow.

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