Sunday, 29th: 11:00am

- Drake Pintail

(Martin & Ian Grant)

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Thursday, 26th: morning

- c500 gulls mainly Lesser Black-backed Gulls with a few Herring Gulls dotted about. Also similar amount of Black Headed Gulls but not a Mediteranean Gull, Caspian or even Yellow-legged Gull amongst them I'm afraid.

(Richard Vernon)

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Friday, 20th: 14:00 - 14:30

Bright and very breezy

- 42 Mute Swan (incl 3+1+1 imms)
- 1 drake Wigeon
- c. 45 Tufted (50:50 drakes and ducks)
- 36 Pochard (5 duck)
- c. 240 Coot
- 4 Great Crested Grebe
- c. 400 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- c. 120 Black-headed Gull
- 10 Herring Gull
- 3 Yellow Legged Gull (2 smashing pure white headed immaculate adults and a 3rd year [Black bill end?]) Note: up to 6 roosting at Belvide must be birds from Telford tip / Prioslee area commuting?

(Mike Cooper)

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Friday, 6th PM

- 2 adult Yellow Legged Gull
- 2 Wigeon

(John Isherwood)

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Thursday, 4th: 15:00 - 15:30

Quick visit between showers before yachts put up / off all the gulls, ducks and some Swans ……

- 17 Pochard (10 drake)
- 4 Wigeon (2 pairs)
- 8 Tufted (5 drake)
- 42 Mute Swan 42 (1 pair with 3 juvs)
- c. 400 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 + a probable Yellow Legged Gull (definite adult plus a probable much darker head marking especially around eye – spooked when yachts got near)

(Mike Cooper)