Wednesday 27 January 2016

Glaucous Gull

Like yesterday, half an afternoon without work, so went birding in the wind. Unlike yesterday where I failed to find any Gulls of too much interest at Milton Tip, today I found an adult Glaucous Gull in the roost on Drayton Lagoon. Nice Starling display there too.


Fen Drayton
27 January 2016 14:00 - 16:00
Cloudy 14C 20W
Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Greater Canada Goose, Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Shoveler, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Goldeneye, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Buzzard, Kestrel, Moorhen, Coot, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Glaucous Gull, Stock Dove, Woodpigeon, Green Woodpecker (heard), Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest (heard), Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Treecreeper, Wren (heard), Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Robin, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail (heard), Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Lesser Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll, Yellowhammer