Caspian Gull ~ 1st. S ~ Dungeness, Kent - 28.04.15

Monday 27 April 2015

The forecast wasn't great for photography, raining with overcast conditions with northerly winds but this has produced some good birds and so late in the afternoon this worn and faded Caspian appeared at the front of the group ..
It remained for about 90 mins and seemed to like being the closest bird to us ..

Quite a small  bird 

  







Don't look at these !!

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Trust me, don't look at these images !!

I took them all by accident ..
I didn't mean to it just happened ..

As part of the healing process its better to air them to aid my recovery so I can focus better on gulls !!

Please accept my apologises for what you are about to see ...


Pied-billed Grebe ~ California '15

Pied-billed Grebe ~ California '15

Lesser Scaup ~ California '15

Ring-necked Duck ~ California '15

Hooded Merganser ~ California '15

Variable Wheatear ~ U.A.E '15

Red-wattled Lapwing ~ U.A.E '15

Red-wattled Lapwing ~ U.A.E '15

Indian Roller ~ U.A.E '15

Indian Roller ~ U.A.E '15

Indian Roller ~ U.A.E '15

Pallid Harrier ~ U.A.E '15

Little green bee-eater ~ U.A.E '15

Little green bee-eater ~ U.A.E '15

Swift Tern ~ U.A.E '15

Swift Tern ~ U.A.E '15

Crested Lark ~ U.A.E '15

White-tailed Plover ~ U.A.E '15

Gullfoss ~ Iceland '14

Iceland '14

Iceland '14

Iceland '14

Iceland '14

Iceland '14

Durdle Door, Dorset ~ '10

If you made it this far seek medical help ...

Glaucous Gull ~ juv ~ Dover '15

Iceland Gull ~ juv ~ Rossaveal

Iceland Gull ~ juv ~ Yougal

Iceland Gull ~ 2nd. W ~ Rossaveal

Iceland Gull ~ 2nd. W ~ Rossaveal

Ring-billed Gull ~ 1st. W ~ Nimmo's, Ireland

Ring-billed Gull ~ 1st. W ~ Nimmo's, Ireland


That's better !!

Baltic Gull ~ Ad ~ Larus fuscus fuscus ~ Getlini EKO, Riga, Latvia - Apr' 15

Friday 10 April 2015


On both days, 4th and 5th of April at Getlini EKO, near Riga, Latvia two gulls made a few brief appearances and joined the feeding frenzy, both birds looked good for fuscus fuscus ..

Small and elegant, dark mantled with long wing projection ...

Baltic Gull ~ Ad


Small round head, slender bill signal yellow with red gonys mark, red orbital ring with pale iris ..
Short legged which are bright yellow..
Primary tips often worn ..
Dark slate grey/black mantle with black primaries.
Characteristic jizz with the long rear end .. 



Upperwing Kodak scale 13-17 
Primaries Kodak scale 17-18

Diagnostic with little contrast in upperwing


Mirror to P10
Black down to P5


Underwing primaries grey





After many attempts to gain the ring No: most of my images were of the back of the ring !!

All I managed to get was ..

81?3504

Richard B had more success and gained the full ring No: and did the detective work !!

Here's the results ...


Bird No: 2


Similar features to bird No: 1, although this bird is not ringed ..
Slightly bigger built, head etc ..


Mirror to P10 and a small mirror on P9


Black down to P4 on outer web ..




For me the star birds of a great weekend trip to the dump !!