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Monday, May 25, 2015

Ogden Tern watch, p.m.

                          Shelduck for Ogden
                              Plenty LBB gulls through.

With the continuing obsession for moving Terns it was head for the nearest water, Ogden, at 1600 hrs for 1 hour sky watching.
After finding a quiet spot away from the public, who were everywhere even at that time, it was settle down and watch skyward.
Gulls were plentiful with a continuous flow of LBBs, many settling on the water whilst Herring gulls kept moving.
Unfortunately no terns but a large odd shaped duck went over very high and in the sun getting my ID buds flowing but only a shaped silhouette to go on. I suspected Shelduck and with the wonders of photography this was proved when I got home with just 1 of the photos showing its plumage.
All in all, not a bad weekends local birding

Skywatch

1 Shelduck...................>E
54 LBB Gulls...............>N
8 Herring Gulls...........>W
2 Curlew.....................>W
4 Lapwing..................>E
6 Canadas high and....>W
Several Swallows, Swifts, House Martins and 4 Sand Martins.
BS