26th July 2020
This juvenile Yellow-legged Gull showed at very close range superbly at Morning Point
After a late breakfast, I made the five minute walk to Morning Point. As there are some 100 Herring Gulls parked outside my bedroom window throughout the day, it was no surprise to find a small group on the water at the point. However, As usual, a large number of gulls appear from nowhere when you start throwing bread out. Some of the Herring and a 1st summer Greater black-backed Gull, I recognise from in the garden. My first juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull of the year flew straight through and 3 juvenile Herring Gull settled to my left on the wall I was standing on. A few minutes later I looked to my left to see a cracking juvenile Yellow-legged Gull also on the wall. Where did that come from? It flew below onto some rocks where it continued to show well. It was while I was taking some photos of it on the rocks, that I briefly looked up to see another Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull move straight through. At the same time, Bobby Dawson was watching 3 juvenile YLG on Tresco. However the highlight was a Roseate Tern found by Joe Pender off Green Island also on Tresco.
Comparison with one of the juvenile Herring Gull and the aggressive juvenile Yellow-legged Gull
Another comparison shot with the same two juveniles The YLG is at the front of the two
This is the second juvenile Yellow-legged Gull that I just caught as it flew straight through
Herring Gulls
The Black-headed Gull flying at Morning Point is the very same individual that was only a meter from the bedroom window earlier that morning
Juvenile Herring Gull in garden from a few days ago
And ‘Rosie’ the Starling that first looked like a juvenile Rose-coloured Starling a month or so ago, although still paler, she is now staring to appear like her friends she hangs out with
Also good numbers of Meadow Brown on the Garrison
The Tories rubbing shoulders together with the Russians
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