This write up is not being made until Thursday 21st November for no other reason than it is to cold to site up stairs. I spend long enough in the cold as it is.
Mind you this is an absolutely amazing thing to be able to do. To record that last Saturday, that is on November 16th. I was able to see in my garden a first winter CASPIAN GULL. Harry my very own herring gull who wanders in and out of here in the winter and brings in his female friend in the summer. Brought in for his Saturday feed on the shed roof, a very white headed bird. It met every criteria for a cas. The long dark bill-The low profile forehead-The dark eye-The black primaries-The forward hung body and cut back belie-The longer legs. What else can you give for the id on such a bird. It was all there. So what is bad about it. It flew in and I stood and identified the features only for it to fly off in 40 seconds. But what a view for a Cas. Thanks Harry. Its not many who have this claim to fame.
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