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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Bank Top C.P.

 

                                   Plenty gulls to sift through
                                                         2nd winter Herrings
                                          1 of 4 ad LBBs
                                         2nd winter Herring           ad LBB
                                             Several Commons present
                                                ad Herring
                                                 1st winter Herrings
                                          1 of 2 Mute Swan , leg ring Y 200. 
                                                  Single Heron

                                                              Always plenty to see at this site.

Thick fog this morning up here in the Gods lasting throughout the day before clearing late afternoon.
A real freezer of a wind though only a W>3 at 1 degree.
                                      Match abandoned this morning in the freezing fog so a trip down to a murky Bank Top C.P. mid p.m. to check the gull situation. Around 150 small gulls along with 4 adult LBBs and 16 Herring, the Herrings being adults, 1st winters and 2nd winters, 3rd winters are a bit hard to come across but can be confused with 2w.
                                       A single male Goosander was present along with 5 females whilst a Heron was on the banking. Otherwise it was down to the resident pair of Mute Swan, Y200 and mate with a steel ring but no plastic, as well as several Coot, Moorhen, Mallards etc but again at this site, no Tufted.
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