In a startling turn of events this weekend consisted predominantly of rain, followed by drizzle, followed by more rain. Indeed I may have foregone any venture in an outdoors direction if not for a rather timely tweet from Rob Jones. His 140 characters told of a Glaucous Gull tucking into an animal carcass out on the marsh by Wernffrwd church, a species I've been wanting to catch up with for a while. There's been an individual off Whiteford Point recently and I presumed this to be the same bird with the added advantage that in its current position it would be viewable from the car. I duly set off and upon arriving at the designated spot had absolutely no trouble picking out the Gull. In the flesh it's a real brute of a bird and definitely lived up to expectations.
As this record shot shows it looked to have had its fill of the carcass and was just standing around on the marsh. I ventured as close as I dared but given the conditions I was never going to get any photos to write home about. Jeff Slocombe and Peter Morgan arrived not long after and we had a good chat during which the Glaucous Gull headed off towards Crofty. It returned not long after I'd left and was reported to still be present on Sunday morning. A cracking bird, a new life tick and the sum total of my weekends birding.
As this record shot shows it looked to have had its fill of the carcass and was just standing around on the marsh. I ventured as close as I dared but given the conditions I was never going to get any photos to write home about. Jeff Slocombe and Peter Morgan arrived not long after and we had a good chat during which the Glaucous Gull headed off towards Crofty. It returned not long after I'd left and was reported to still be present on Sunday morning. A cracking bird, a new life tick and the sum total of my weekends birding.
2 comments:
Quality not quantity that weekend then! (-:
Awesome, it does look to be quite Large!
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