2 regular adult Yellow-legged Gulls roosted this late afternoon, along with 229 Lesser Black-backed and 3 Great Black-backed Gulls. Also, two pairs of Mandarins.
Yesterday late afternoon a Yellow-legged Gull, possibly a new bird, was present but flew off at 4pm. The adult Mediterranean Gull was also present in the roost.
Yesterday late afternoon two Yellow-legged Gulls roosted, the recent adult there and also what appeared to be the sub-adult recently seen at Pennington Flash.
Yesterday late afternoon two Yellow-legged Gulls roosted, the recent adult there and also what appeared to be the sub-adult recently seen at Pennington Flash.
The juvenile Iceland Gull was present until 7:02pm this evening when it then flew south over Horwich and did not return. Also present were a pair of Mediterranean Gulls.
Late news for yesterday afternoon when two 3W Yellow-legged Gulls and an adult Mediterranean Gull roosted, plus a Little Egret flew into Millstone Willows at 4:13pm.
Adult yellow-legged gulls have a red orbital ring. I can not see this in the photo.
Hi Mike, YLGs difficult birds at the best of times, probably not the best feature to use (as a single feature) as most of the large white headed Gulls can show an orbital ring of some red hue or another. Structure, head shape, general jizz, mantle, facial streaking etc would be a wiser option to build a better picture of what the bird is.
-- Edited by Rob Creek on Saturday 13th of November 2021 07:45:07 AM