Wednesday 14 March 2018

Goring

A fruitful seawatch from George V Avenue with Gareth J produced an immature Iceland Gull, a flock of six Avocets, our first two Sandwich Terns of the year, a Shelduck, two Pintails, 44 Common Scoters, 13 Shovelers, four Teal, 247 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 15 Red-breasted Mergansers, 30 Great Crested Grebes, two Fulmars, 12 Kittiwakes, three Curlews and 18 Red-throated Divers. We later located what was presumably the same Iceland Gull - ageable as a juvenile - in the roost field, where it was joined by another two Sandwich Terns. Seven Mediterranean Gulls in the fields included a 2CY and a 3CY. A Mistle Thrush was in the Plantation and 12 Meadow Pipits and three Skylarks were noted.

2CY Iceland Gull

2CY Iceland Gull