Our annual holiday to the Isle-of-Wight started last Friday and is very much dedicated to spending family time together. That said, I'm always on the lookout for wildlife, I just can't help myself! Yesterday we took Jacob and his cousin to the swimming pool in Ryde, a place where I traditionally get a bit of time to myself to check the beach front for Med gulls. There were three on the receding tide, including this distant 1st Winter bird.
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| 1st Winter Mediterranean Gull, Ryde I-O-W |
But the best was yet to come. The boating lake, which is right next to the swimming pool is always checked for Meds too, but a quick scan soon picked up a 1st Winter Little Gull, which was picking on the Black-headed Gulls and showing very well indeed - probably the best views I've ever had, as close as 10 ft at times!
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
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| 1st Winter Little Gull: R. Harris |
The light wasn't always great but it was so close I couldn't fail to take a few decent shots of it. Always lovely birds to see.
Today I had my first swallow of the year and I also added another adder to my holidays list plus a Sandwich Tern at Shanklin.
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