My plan last night was to go into Leicester today to sort out a battery problem with my laptop. This morning when I checked my laptop the battery warning had disappeared and it was working, so I decided to save my money for a bit longer.
I now had time on my hands, so I decided to go over to Brascote Pits. By the time I reached the end of my road I had changed my mind and decided to go and have a look and see if there were any gulls at the old British Shoe factory.
It had snowed over night so it was quite cold. I hadn't been on site more than five minutes when a flock of gulls appeared in the air above the green wall that hides the food waste recycle plant. I was most surprised to see a white-winger amongst them. A quick check through my bins confirmed that it was a juvenile Glaucous Gull - get in there!
If one wasn't enough, another 'white-winger' flew over my head from the roof that the gulls nest on and disappeared over the wall into the recycle plant. Luckily I got some photos and, although I originally thought it was an adult Glaucous Gull, it turned out to be a sub-adult, as it bill is still immature looking. I got several more chances to view and savour its pearly white wing tips. Two in one day - not bad!
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Caspian Gull flight photos from here next?
I now had time on my hands, so I decided to go over to Brascote Pits. By the time I reached the end of my road I had changed my mind and decided to go and have a look and see if there were any gulls at the old British Shoe factory.
It had snowed over night so it was quite cold. I hadn't been on site more than five minutes when a flock of gulls appeared in the air above the green wall that hides the food waste recycle plant. I was most surprised to see a white-winger amongst them. A quick check through my bins confirmed that it was a juvenile Glaucous Gull - get in there!
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
If one wasn't enough, another 'white-winger' flew over my head from the roof that the gulls nest on and disappeared over the wall into the recycle plant. Luckily I got some photos and, although I originally thought it was an adult Glaucous Gull, it turned out to be a sub-adult, as it bill is still immature looking. I got several more chances to view and savour its pearly white wing tips. Two in one day - not bad!
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| Fourth-Winter Glaucous Gull |
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| Fourth-Winter Glaucous Gull |
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| Fourth-Winter Glaucous Gull |
Caspian Gull flight photos from here next?