A mild spell continues, even at night, and more to come they say.
At breakfast time a Sparrowhawk had caught a cock House Sparrow in the garden and was plucking it. It may have been the end for that particular one, but the other end of lifes cycle was seen later in the garden when another cock House Sparrow was gathering nest material and disappearing in to the roof.
This afternoon I visited Shawell lagoons, there was a good number of Gulls present and I had just read a colour ring when something alarmed them and off they all went towards the landfill. On the water was a pair of Shelduck, 20 Tufted Duck, a flock,of -160 Wigeon flew over and circled, some settled but most went off elsewhere. Similarly, a flock of Lapwing flew over, some landing but most heading back to the fields. A Heron was standing on the side resting and 8 Canada Gese were on the central bank.
Next a look at the Sandy Lane pools, there was not too much happening here, although 26 Pied Wagtails were nice to see and a Kestrel was in the tree before flying off.
From here I could watch the landfill area where they were filling in and many Gulls were present. After some searching through I found an adult Glaucous Gull, looking very splendid, after a while this flew out of sight to the pools nearby, no doubt to freshen- up. A little later I found another adult Glaucous Gull, this one still had some of the pale brown winter plumage on its head and neck. Two Glaucous Gulls so quickly was really good.
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