The NE winds
continue bringing an Iceland Gull to Beddington Farm late yesterday. These
conditions are favourable for the Farm and had already shown their worth. The
only snag is that the gulls these days are scattered all over the site. Numbers
are around the 10k mark which means sifting through them would not be an easy
task!
I arrived at the usual
time of just before light o’clock and began scoping the North lake for a white
winger. Instead I came across a female type Goosander swimming at the back of
the remaining scrub on the far right hand side of a sunken island. The bird did
not hang around for too long as it obviously saw the steady stream of gulls
arriving and swiftly moved on! That was a pleasant surprise and only my third
record at the Farm.
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| (Cormorants) |
I continue to search
for an Iceland Gull and was joined by the heavy artillery Pete “Pinpoint”
Alfrey just after nine therefore two sets of eyes would surely succeed if there
was one on site! Some four hours later and visits to the tip and anywhere else
we could see gulls and not even a Caspo or YLG to show for our efforts!
Stonechat and a group of Cormorants passing over and a Buzzard were slim reward but
interesting all the same!
More NE tomorrow
what will they bring!!
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