had a white ring but numbers faded off.
Despite fog all over the tops this morning Redcar Tarn, Keighley had good conditions with 100% cloud cover on a SW>3 at 6 degrees.
As always, a good show of gulls with 23 Herring, mostly 1st winters, as well as 5 ad LBBs and hundreds of small gulls. The 1st winter Caspian was showing well though kept disappearing, but no sign of the 2nd winter Caspian although I,ve just received a text from IH saying the 2nd winter ringed Caspian was present this afternoon along with an imm Iceland gull, how annoying is that ? I had thought of going back up there this afternoon until Lynda wanted to go to Keighley shopping after dinner. Three trips to Keighley in one day is too much for any man.
Leeshaw reservoir late afternoon was cloudy but dry and calm but no continuation of yesterdays good numbers of big gulls. Just 2 Herring gull today along with hundreds of small gulls. A Common gull on the gantry had a white leg ring but the numbers had faded and were unreadable. A good count of Greylags and Canadas in the stubble field but no sign of the long staying Pinkie although only half of the goose flock was present.
All in all a good days birding, apart from the Iceland gull dip but hopefully it will hang around.
Redcar Tarn
1st winter Caspian gull
23 Herring gull
5 LBB gull
13 Tufted
1pr Goosander
c 150 Lapwing
+ usual sp.
Leeshaw reservoir
2 Herring gull
1 LBB gull
132 Greylag
27 Canada
3m 1f Goosander
+ usual sp.
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