A significant arrival of juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls at the Patch this morning with at least 16 birds present. Six Mediterranean Gulls also present and nine Eider and 98 Common Scoters flew past.
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Yellow-legged Gulls Larus michahellis juveniles Dungeness 27th June 2017 |
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Herring Gull Larus argentatus nestlings Dungeness 27th June 2017
Yellow-legged and Herring Gull youngsters are quite easy to separate at the moment! Yellow-legged Gulls nest several weeks earlier than Herring Gulls and the young are already fledging and departing the colonies. Herring Gulls are still fluffy. |
A Grey Seal and a Porpoise were feeding offshore.
An Oak Nycteoline was an unusual capture in the moth trap.