Yesterday at Canons was pretty quiet, with nothing of consequence to mention here. This morning was spent looking through the gulls at Beddington from the hide with Christian C, Magnus A, Josh J, Dave S and Peter A. This produced both the juvenile
Iceland Gull and the juvenile
Glaucous Gull, a first-winter
Caspian Gull and at least five
Yellow-legged Gulls. In the afternoon, Mag and I headed to Broadfield, Crawley, to check out the 2cy
Rose-coloured Starling, which we located after half-an-hour or so of looking dodgy as we roamed the streets. It even burst into a bit of song. We called in at Pease Pottage where we stumbled upon a singing
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, as well as three
Marsh Tits. We were both delighted with the woodpecker, I was beginning to wonder whether I'd see one this year! Hopefully I'll come across one on the patch before the early spring is out.
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| juvenile Glaucous Gull at Beddington |
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| juvenile Iceland Gull at Beddington |
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| adult Yellow-legged Gull at Beddington |
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| first-winter Yellow-legged Gull at Beddington |
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| a rather odd/extreme first-winter Yellow-legged Gull at Beddington which took us aback for a little while |
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| first-winter Caspian Gull at Beddington |
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| 2cy male Rose-coloured Starling at Broadfield, Crawley |
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| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Pease Pottage |
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| Marsh Tit at Pease Pottage |
