Showing posts with label Mediterranean Gull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mediterranean Gull. Show all posts
Sunday, 2 August 2026

Year List and Mediterranean Gull

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 Last week, whilst in Wales, Jayne and I added another two species to the "Year List", and saw a fantastic looking juvenile Medite...
Sunday, 15 February 2026

Scarborough - 14th February 2026

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 Yesterday, Jayne and I had a sunny day in Scarborough and RSPB Bempton Cliffs , adding 7 new birds to this year's Year List. We started...
Thursday, 7 August 2025

Anstruther Gulls and Shag

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 This morning, I had half an hour checking the gulls in the harbour area around Anstruther. I spotted a new species for the trip, Mediterran...
Friday, 3 January 2025

Year List Continues - 3rd January 2025

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 It was Jayne and my last day in Norfolk today, so we made the most of it, and added another 18 species to the Year List. The first new bird...
Sunday, 27 October 2024

Hayle Estuary and Ryan's Field - 26th October 2024

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 Jayne and I arrived in Cornwall on Saturday, and, after some lovely food in the Birdies Bistro, headed straight to the RSPB's Hayle Est...
Thursday, 15 August 2024

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Rufford!

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 Last Friday (9th), I drove across to Rufford to see how many Black-headed Gulls had arrived back from their breeding grounds for the winte...
Friday, 12 April 2024

RSPB St Aidan's - 8th April 2024

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 Jayne and I had a couple of hours at RSPB St Aidan's . near Leeds, on Monday. We had a walked around the reedbed trail, and added three...
Saturday, 24 February 2024

Scarborough - 23rd February 2024

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 Yesterday, we had a lovely family day in Scarborough. It was just 7 degree, but really sunny, and the birds put on a good show too. The fir...
Saturday, 12 August 2023

RSPB Minsmere - 9th August 2023

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 On Wednesday, Jayne and I had 3 hours at RSPB Minsmere . We got there just after 6am, and walked around the main scrape area, before finish...
Saturday, 4 February 2023

Scarborough Med Gulls

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 Most years at around this time, Jayne and I pop across to Scarborough for a day to spot a few birds, including one of my favourite birds, t...
Wednesday, 5 January 2022

2022 Year List begins

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 I was very lucky to start this year's birding with a few hours on Holy Island, Northumberland. My first species seen was Blackbird , fo...
Saturday, 24 July 2021

BLACK_BROWED ALBATROSS!!!!!!!!!!!

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 On Monday I drove up to RSPB Bempton Cliffs to see the long-staying Black-browed Albatross "Albert"! I arrived on site at 5.50a...
Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Northumberland Birding

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 This Bank Holiday weekend I was up in Northumberland with Jayne. We had visits to St Mary's Island (Whitley Bay), Amble and Bamburgh, a...
Sunday, 12 January 2020

Scarborough 11th January 2020

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On Saturday, I spent a few hours in Scarborough, with my wife and daughter. As always, I started off the birding in the Holbeck Car Park, wh...
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Colour-ringed Mediterranean Gulls - Cornwall 2019

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Last week, whilst in Cornwall I managed to see 2 colour-ringed Mediterranean Gulls on the RSPB's Hayle Estuary reserve.The first bird,...
Saturday, 23 February 2019

Scarborough Birding - 22nd February 2019

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I spent yesterday in Scarborough with Jayne and Lydia. Whilst there, I had my annual visit to Holbeck Car Park to see the over-wintering Med...