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Aggressive Caspian Gull
At lunchtime today there was lots of gulls at Shawell A5 Lagoons and amongst them was an adult and third-winter Caspian Gull plus an adult which I think has a little bit of Herring Gull in the mix as...
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Glaucous Gull on Ice
I took a sneaky half day off from work this afternoon, as I had a hunch it was going to be good at Shawell. It turned out even better than I expected as the largest lagoon was partially frozen and most...
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A Tricky Caspian Gull
On January 20th I found a gull at Shawell A5 Lagoons, which I initially identified as a Caspian Gull, but I was concerned that its mantle was a bit too dark and that it still had many juvenile...
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Put the Gulls on Ice
Tuesday January 20th turned out to be an excellent day for viewing gulls at Shawell A5 Lagoons. The gulls had gathered on ice, which had formed on the lagoon. The views were great and the gulls were...
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Herring Gull Showing Some Characters of Thayer's Gull
Last thing this afternoon I took a look at Cotesbach landfill site from Gibbet Lane. The Glaucous Gull that I first saw last Tuesday was loafing around there and amongst the gulls I spotted a young...
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Bloody Buzzards!
Today at Shawell Common Buzzards were causing havoc. The gulls would not settle, as the local buzzards were insisting on flying low over the lagoons on a frequent basis. A fox also got in on the act by...
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Third-winter Glaucous Gull
I am just four colour-rings short of recording 500 individual colour-ringed gulls at Shawell. This morning I chanced my arm and headed off to Shawell. The landfill is shut on Sunday, but sometimes...
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Despite the Cold Weather Shawell Was Once Again Entertaining
My target yesterday was to read four new colour rings to bring my total to 500 colour-ringed gulls in the Shawell area. The weather was terrible at the Cotesbach landfill site, but I stood firm as a...
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Water Vole
I've been going through my external hard drive looking for some gull photos and amongst the stored images I found this little gem. It's a Water Vole, but a quick Google search revealed there are very...
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Facebook Like Page
In an attempt to keep up with the times I've decided to join Facebook and create a Facebook like page for my blog. I will keep it up to date with my latest posts and any general news that relates to my...
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Caspian Gull
A brief stop of at Shawell A5 Lagoons today and another new Caspian Gull. A slightly tough job to age it as it appeared to be most like a third-summer. Perhaps not surprising as many of the gulls are...
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Last Saturday was quite a slow day at Shawell, as the gulls preferred distant fields rather than the attractions of the landfill or the cool waters of the A5 Lagoons.During the morning small numbers...
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A Good Days Gulling
It has been a little disappointing at Shawell over the last couple of weeks, as the gulls have been in short supply at the usual viewing points. Also after seeing at least one Caspian Gull on every...
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Colour-Ringed Mediterranean Gull at Shawell
A quick visit to Shawell at Lunchtime proved worthwhile, as amongst the Black-headed Gulls was an adult Mediterranean Gull. It was wearing a nice red colour-ring with the code PEJL, as long as I read...
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Morocco
February 26th MarrakechWeather: bright and Sunny.After clearing customs at the airport in Marrakech we changed some Euros into Dirhams and met up with the rest of the group. Outside the airport I...
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Pictures From the Desert
Our trip to Morocco coincided with the right conditions for flowers to bloom. Snow lying on the ground in the desert the week before our arrival, was obviously the catalyst for this. I checked the...
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Retrospective Colour-Ring Reading
I noticed a group of gulls having a cheeky wash and brush-up in the swimming pool below our hotel room. A staff member decided to chase them off and they started to circle around in front of my...
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Iceland and Mediterranean Gulls
Today was a strange one as far as the gulls at Shawell are concerned. I called at the landfill site first, but it was deserted. No gulls and no rubbish trucks. It would appear that they are capping the...
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Another Med Gull at Shawell
My dinner time stop off at Shawell on Wednesday was good again this week. Amongst about a thousand Black-headed Gulls was another new adult Mediterranean Gull. My sightings of Mediterranean Gulls at...
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