Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Monday, 19 July 2021

Gulls

No yellow legged juvs (yet). But herring and LBB juvs on the wing. 


Med gull numbers building at Ryde Sands including juvs:

Ringed Med Gull White 32AX:




Tuesday, 13 July 2021

July

Two Balearic Shearwaters at SCP recently (strong SW winds).

Today: 2 juvenile LBB gulls on the wing circled over Ventnor; and two juvenile Kestrels seen nearby. 


Friday, 2 July 2021

Gulls Ventnor

 

Presumably a LBB chick with its adult parent close by - but previous observations have seen an adult herring gull pair in the vicinity, just to confuse things (also there were two chicks last week/only one seen today).


At least six 'herring' chicks seen at three locations, one nest at Leeson Road and two nests along Albert Street (rooftops).

Island Tick

April 1st/Tennyson Down : came upon a Large Tortoiseshell along the footpath west of the 'quarry' NT car park. Initially very settl...