Brian had shot up to see the Gull on Sunday as he was over his son's house and that left him only 30 minutes away. it was around 5 o'clock in the afternoon and Jimmy & I had not seen anything posted about it, so Brian was on a solo trip and he was without his camera.
He found the Gull without any trouble and texted us to say so.
On Monday we get a call from Brian he is going back with the camera. So we meet up with him and we are on our way to Grafham water before 6 am.
We arrive just after 7 am and park with ease and start the walk around the water, this is a proper road so very easy to walk it and we can see a group not far up the road.
On reaching the group we can see the Cape Gull sitting on the tower railings and not far away from us.
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A lot of Gulls are on the railings with the target bird and Jimmy and I get a year tick with a Yellow-legged Gull sitting next to the Cape.
A Caspian Gull was also seen but not needed for a tick.
So this was a nice little trip meeting up with a few birders that we knew and that is always nice and we come away with another lifer and a first for Britain and back home before lunch.
I wonder how long it took the Cape Gull to get here from Southern Africa.
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| The Kelp Gull |
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| Again the Cape |
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| Cape in flight |
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| Again |
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| The Yellow-legged Gull |
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