Willey; about 1245h a Raven was circling high in the blue sky, calling occasionally as it was mildly hassled by 2 Jackdaw.
Cotesbach Landfill; viewing here this afternoon was interesting. Carl Baggott had, this morning, found a Mediterranean Gull which I missed, but by the afternoon he had already seen several Caspian and Yellow-legged Gulls, which is great and helps me keep learning their identification. Good numbers of LBBG, GBBG, Herring and Black-headed Gulls were in today, plus a single Common Gull, so plenty of opportunity to look for colour rings.
Also, seen were 3 Red Kite, a Raven, at least 12 PIed Wagtails and c150 Golden Plover flying before they landed on a field near the A5 Gibbet Cross area.
I did read a colour ringed Lesser Black-Backed Gull the other day (27th) Tdot38A was ringed as a chick on Loch Leven, Scotland on the 14th July 2012, which is 442 Km away. This makes it 6.2 years old and surprisingly is the first record since being ringed.
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