Photos:
Adult Mediterranean Gull, Caton
Adult and juvenile Kittiwakes, adult Mediterranean Gull, juvenile Shags and juvenile Glaucous Gull, Heysham
European White-fronted Geese with Greylag Geese at Caton
18th December
I started off at Heysham for another go at the Glaucous Gull this morning. Fortunately it was showing slightly better, perched on the corrugated roof on the far side of the harbour. After 20 minutes or so it flew towards the wooden jetty again. The two adult Med Gulls were again present plus two Little Gulls (adult and 1cy) plus Shags and Kittiwakes again.
This afternoon I wandered over to Bull Beck where, trawling through the Greylags, I found at least 35 European White-fronted Geese (43 were seen later in the day). I followed the path towards the river to get better views and nearly came a cropper. A narrow ditch cut across the field so I strode over it. When my left leg planted down on the far side, the whole banking gave way and collapsed. I fell forward, my tripod jammed into the ground the panning handle for the tripod struck the side of my head and snapped in two. My head was somewhat sore for a while afterwards.
Aside from the geese, most of which were hiding at the back of the 280+ Greylags were 640 Lapwings and a couple of Goldeneyes in the river. In the field behind the van later a flock of around 130 Common Gulls arrived. More were arriving as we left the van for the winter.
We got back home in decent time so I had a few quick visits to local patches. The Goldeneye is still on HGF with Wigeon numbers up to 59 now. On Newton Lake there were 2 Little Grebes, the juvenile Mute Swan, CT6 and 59 Teal. At the feeding station were 5 Grey Partridges and 5 Tree Sparrows.
I started off at Heysham for another go at the Glaucous Gull this morning. Fortunately it was showing slightly better, perched on the corrugated roof on the far side of the harbour. After 20 minutes or so it flew towards the wooden jetty again. The two adult Med Gulls were again present plus two Little Gulls (adult and 1cy) plus Shags and Kittiwakes again.
This afternoon I wandered over to Bull Beck where, trawling through the Greylags, I found at least 35 European White-fronted Geese (43 were seen later in the day). I followed the path towards the river to get better views and nearly came a cropper. A narrow ditch cut across the field so I strode over it. When my left leg planted down on the far side, the whole banking gave way and collapsed. I fell forward, my tripod jammed into the ground the panning handle for the tripod struck the side of my head and snapped in two. My head was somewhat sore for a while afterwards.
Aside from the geese, most of which were hiding at the back of the 280+ Greylags were 640 Lapwings and a couple of Goldeneyes in the river. In the field behind the van later a flock of around 130 Common Gulls arrived. More were arriving as we left the van for the winter.
We got back home in decent time so I had a few quick visits to local patches. The Goldeneye is still on HGF with Wigeon numbers up to 59 now. On Newton Lake there were 2 Little Grebes, the juvenile Mute Swan, CT6 and 59 Teal. At the feeding station were 5 Grey Partridges and 5 Tree Sparrows.
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