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).

Tail end of things...(Velvet Scoter)

Following a protracted mild period since the summer, conditions suddenly changed with the first frost (Nov 20th) and a light dusting of snow...