Saturday, 3 March 2007

3rd March 2007 Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, Wales 6.30am – 4.30pm. Sunny but cold


Little Egret 2
Pale-breasted Brent Goose 2
Red Kite 1
Buzzard 2
Oystercatcher c.300
Avocet 1
Bar-tailed Godwit 1
Redshank 1
Herring Gull c.300
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL 1 3w UK498 Large, stocky Gull with small head and small dark eye set high on head. Some brown scaling on head and underbody contrasting with whiter flanks. Mantle and upperparts pale grey similar to argenteus Herring Gulls. Dark pink legs. Primaries grey at rest. In flight white trailing edge and band around terminal primaries. Bill dark with obvious pale tip. 
Raven 2


Glaucous-winged Gull at Ferryside (Barry Stewart)