Shawell Lagoons; Carl called late morning to say he had found a Iceland Gull, or possibly a Kumlien’s Gull, but he did not get any opportunity to see the tail flight pattern, unfortunately I was not free at the time. After lunch I headed off to the Lagoons, these were mostly frozen over but had some small areas of free water. The free water was attractive to the Gulls and various ducks. Difficult to estimate, but may 3000 Gulls were on the ice and water. I did not find the Iceland/Kumlein’s Gull. I managed to read a yellow colour ring, Y:F12 on near adult Herring Gull, Carl thinks this was ringed in Gloucestershire, we shall see.
There was c75 Wigeon and 130 Teal present on the Lagoons, many other waters being totally frozen over. A Fox was looking for morsels on the central bank.
Willey; on the only Holly Tree with berries in the village next to the Main Street 20+ Redwing were feasting.
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