Finally some Gull action. Its been reasonably quiet along the coast for Yellow–legged and Caspian Gulls so far this autumn although Gerald S saw a juv Casp at Deal beach on the 22nd, my reglar attempts have held one or two YLG at best until today.
Heres the first of 2 juvs today, a Dutch ringed bird from Lelystad in the Netherlands which is the colony where good old Mars Muusse is the co-ordinator (and generous host to me on 2 visits.)
Here he is as a pullus, ringed by Mars and the team at the colony in Lelystad, NL.
The second Casp arrived from the horizon as I threw my last piece of bread, less advanced, less clean and silvery but a nicer shaped bird to my eye.
PERDIX BIRDER 