Quite a change in the weather, very misty at times with a persistent drizzle and a light SE breeze. No new birds on the lagoon but a steady arrival of gulls. For some reason more gulls come on to the lagoon in these conditions, the final count was 287 Lesser Black-backed, 2 adult Yellow-legged, 3 Black-headed and 1 Common Gull.
At first I thought it was just one Yellow-legged but on the photo below you can see that the bird on the land has darker ear-coverts and heavier bill than the bird on the water.
There was another colour ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull but I'm not sure I'll be able to read the number.
A count of 31 Snipe is the highest of the autumn and confirms that the 15 which flew in yesterday were new arrivals.
A party of 35 Redwing which flew over were the only sign of movement.
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