Wednesday, 5 May 1999

5/5/99 Grove Ferry 12.15pm - 1pm. Sunny with light easterly wind.

Hobby c.8 in the air together
Ruff c.15 including some impressive plumaged males.
Greenshank 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Black-headed Gull c.5
SLENDER-BILLED GULL 1 ex. UK456 Adult summer. Long red bill, red eye, white head contrasting with pinkish bloom to breast and grey mantle and wings. White at base of primaries visible at rest. Primaries dark brown. Red legs.
Common Tern 1
Yellow Wagtail c.5

Slender-billed Gull at Grove Ferry (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/ )
A quick departure from work I dashed across Kent with JK and met my parents already there.