Sunday 10 February 2013

Record busting Gull Roost at Wintersett 10.02.13

Tonight a record 9 species of gull were seen in the roost on Anglers CP.  The usual 1st W Caspian Gull flew in at  15.35 hrs closely followed by a 1st W Glaucous Gull.  Next in was the Polish ringed 1st W Caspian Gull and then the usual 3rd W Yellow-leggedGull.  Finally, the star bird of the show, an ADULT  KUMLIEN'S  GULL  was found by Steve Denny at 16.20hrs and it performed, until dark,  to a packed hide. 

Adult  Kumlien's Gull  - record shot       Kev Denny
It is unfortunate that  this shot has the bill of the bird behind protruding under the bill of the Kumlien's.  Hopefully it will return when the lighting conditions are more favourable.
In addition the Redhead Smew was seen earlier on Wintersett Res.

3 comments:

The WIM Man said...

Fantastic bird (Kumlien's) but only considered a sub-species by BOU unless someone can tell me different. Maybe not counted as one of you're nine?

Steve Denny said...

Still counts as Iceland Gull though!

The WIM Man said...

yes, the penny had just dropped and had logged back in to add that, maybe the Latin name threw me, or is it because it looks like an inter-grade!! Final decision on that theory tomorrow!