Think 1st winter but didnt scope it. Can,t tell off distant photo but didn,t get any grey
mantle feathers and still has dark bill.
A cloudy but mild morning at 8 degrees on a SW>4 with good visibility.
I was just about to have a crack at Fly Flatts when a text from AC reported that MP had found an Iceland gull and possibly 2 Med gulls in his local fields. No contest there so 10 minutes later I was stood with Mark Pearson, Andy Cockroft and Keith Moir admiring the Iceland gull. It was showing well but keeping a good distance near the back of the field and just on the limit of Big Bertha but managed some record shots.
No sign of the Med gulls but all the gulls kept moving field to field and splitting up.
Good to see KM there who has been laid up recently but the temptation of gulls soon got him mobile again, you can,t keep an old dog down, especially one that loves gulls.
Late afternoon and a second check of the fields failed to turn up the Iceland, but as the numbers were building, pre roost, a small group of BH gulls dropped in nearer than the other gulls and imaging my joy when a 1st winter Med gull was among them. A perfect end to the day.
Thanks again to Mark for his keen eye and Andy for getting the message out quick, a real confidence booster if ever one was needed after a run of poor outings.
BS