Friday, 20 January 2023

Sabine's Gull (mainland Hants twitch)

Day trip off island over to Havant, Hampshire, to see the adult Sabine's Gull xema sabini that has been present near Southmoor Nature Reserve (Budds Farm Sewage Farm) since Jan 8th. This understandably popular and twitch-able bird showed extremely well - (ridiculously) close views. Also: went to Pig Bush/Shatterford (New Forest) to twitch the wintering Great Grey Shrike - but dipped that one. A few phone scoped record shots:

Adult xema sabini



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