we only have to wait a couple of minutes & we have another lifer in the bag,over the next three hours we get great views of the Brunnich's popping up here there & every where in the harbour.
The crowd has now swollen to many hundreds,the biggest twitch that I have seen.
While here we pick out our first Black Guillemot in England in winter plumage very nice that one, also Great northern Diver plus many Merganser swimming in line, also a Kingfisher flies up & down for a short while,razorbill &Shag also show.
We sport many familiar faces among the crowd so a really great time spent here.
Off now to look for the Gull but we stop off at Radipole Lake just to see if any thing about, not much as it turns out, but we are told a Glossy Ibis is in a park not to far down the road, so we pull into the car park & there it is on the flooded field in front of us. Photo's taken then it's off to drive the 80 odd miles to pick out the Ring- billed Gull in Walpole park Gosport, once again we get on to the Gull as soon as we arrive, a local lady is already feeding the birds with some waffles & our bird is in with the flock enjoying a treat good on her.
A long drive but it turns out to be a really great day & nice to get the life & year ticks going again, thanks to Brian for doing the hard part in getting us here today with the long drive.
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| The Brunnich's Guillemot |
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| Part of the flock. |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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| Ringed-billed Gull |
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| Brunnich's Guillemot |
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| Glossy Ibis |
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