There Back! The first Juvenile Yellow-Legged Gulls of 2018

 

Its something I look forward to from about the end of May – mid summer influx of Yellow-Legged Gulls from the continent and especially the juvenile birds. Despite a gnarly summer cold myself and Dante un-earthed 4 Juvs and 2 second summer birds at Thames Barrier Park earlier on this evening. With the record for the earliest bird on our part of the Thames being the 1st of July (set by RB) these were almost a week late, better late than never.

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Two individuals were particularly interested in the bread however the two others made brief appearances only. The below Adult Mediterranean Gull was an added bonus.

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I guess you can expect more ylgs over the next month or so but ill try and keep them to a minimum.

Author: Jamie Partridge

Birding South East Kent: Langdon Hole to South Foreland

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