3/02/12
After having only brief views of the Iceland Gull the previous friday i wasnt really happy, sure i'd ticked the bird for the year, but there was something not quite right, I fancied another Look.
After having only brief views of the Iceland Gull the previous friday i wasnt really happy, sure i'd ticked the bird for the year, but there was something not quite right, I fancied another Look.
We accidently arrived at the dam end of the reservior, but quickly found this to be to our advantage, with many of the small gulls alot closer in, however, the large gulls again seemed in the middle of the water. However i was soon scanning 70% of the thousands of gulls (the remaining 30% were into the setting sun),
and after about 20 mins, at 4:55, just as i was saying to a visiting birder that Iceland Gulls had been seen, i panned onto a white winger.
A 2nd winter ICELAND GULL
I quickly get the rest of the 'crowd' onto the bird, of which for one of them it was a lifer!
The light was still Ok, with it being perfect for a gull roost, and i was able to take a long range, shakey video of our white winged beauty!
This bird was quite easy to point out, as it spent the whole time near to the yellow boyd in the water.
However, as time went by, it became more and more obvious the there seemed to be two different birds in two areas of the flock, however it took untill 5:12 for me to confirm this, when both birds appeared within my scope, and i was able to get this image containing both of them!
My first double 'white-winger' day!
Now wheres my Glauc?
MB
