The Early bird........

……catches the Kumlien’s Gull. After tantalising brief encounters the previous two mornings, I got my backside out of bed a bit earlier and was in place on the point in the northeast corner of Anglers Lake by 06.55 and was able to begin scanning the roost shortly after. I picked up the Kumlien’s Gull at 07.05 hrs and had an excellent 20 minutes with it as it sat on the lake, preened and flew around a bit. It left to the northwest at 07.25.

Also present was the large 1^st winter Caspian Gull and female Long-tailed Duck.