I took a flying
visit to the Farm to find out from Glenn and Tank that an Iceland Gull had been
seen. A check of the lake later and the gull had not been re-located. A walk
onto the tip with Pinpoint would be more fruitful with a Mediterranean Gull
being the first to show itself directly off the tip.
A few of the gulls had taken to low flight above the tip
when Pinpoint exclaimed “Iceland” and there it was directly above my head. The
camera was put to work before we both returned to lower ground and the Sand
Martin bank.
The next entrant into the Farmlands made Pete’s heart
jump a beat or two as there had recently been a Hen Harrier over the
Farm which was incidentally a Farm tick for him. Enter stage left a male Marsh Harrier
which received the usual get off our land welcome from the resident
birds.
The Pintail was still present on the lake amongst a stack
load of gulls that push all the wildfowl into the margins of the lake. Not a
bad visit at all!
