David had returned from South
Africa yesterday and was keen to see the Ring-billed Gull so we went to Melton
Country Park where it had been seen over the last few days.
When we arrived on site it had
been present earlier but had flown off with a Common Gull. We walked along one edge of the lake seeing a
Buzzard and a Willow Warbler and as we walked back we could see a few gulls had
arrived and were resting on the lake. There
were initially just three gulls, two Common Gull and a the first-summer
Ring-billed Gull. We pent quite some
time watching the birds sitting on the lake and one birder had thrown some
bread into the water but there was only mild interest from the two Common
Gulls. As the afternoon progressed more
Common Gulls arrived and suddenly they showed an interest in the bread and all
of the gulls started to fly around and I managed to get a few reasonable shots
of the Ring-billed in flight.
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-winter Common Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
First-summer Ring-billed Gull
From Melton we called at Eye
Brook Reservoir on route home where we four Shelduck, a Red Kite. Three Buzzards,
six Swift, circa forty Sand Martin, circa forty Swallow, circa twenty House
Martin and a Yellow Wagtail.
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