Mid October saw the return of last winters long staying yellow-legged gull to Pennington Flash. It's now a smart 3rd winter bird and hopefully it will remain with us for the rest of the winter so that we can watch it attain full adult plumage. Thanks to John Tymon for letting me know about the bird.
Here it is in 2nd winter plumage from last winter. I wonder where it spent the summer?
It's quite an interesting bird, with a mirror on p10 reminiscent of Caspian gull and a mainly dark quite retarded bill.
It spent a lot of time catching mussels, either diving in as in this instance or stealing from coots.
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