Poms are green listed for the Alerts whatsapp so sightings should definitely go on there. Stuff like Poms and other seawatching stuff that’s trackable is exactly what the channels are made for. We all look forward to desperately trying to pick up the stuff you guys find!

No problem, gulls are a nightmare! But fun 🤪

..to look, which is what this is.

First photo does look quite Caspian ish (snouty, bit of a shawl) but in second photo you can see tertials are second gen which, as you say, makes it a 2cy bird. The plumage is not advanced, as Liam has said the GCs look messy, the legs short, etc. in fact looks exactly as you’d expect a 2cy Herring

Another vote for 2CY, second and third gen tertials - as Tom says with the large pale irregular tips with what looks like two new grey tertials too.

Great Grey Shrike

The Great Grey Shrike at Beeding Brooks (Sussex) showed really well yesterday (found by Bob Eade). The white tips to the greater coverts are just about visible in this pic – which means this is a 1CY bird (hatched this year). @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

Flounced Rustic I think

Yes, seem pretty regular in Hove too. Fairly recent UK colonist

imo ESU is a more useful measure which the US uses (at least in theory).

I think this is an artefact of the twisted wing making it look white winged. You can see the mirrors on both wings if you zoom in 👍

After a bit of a dry spell for finds, had a good run over the last week with a Black Kite north of Waterhall (27th), a Green Sand at Monks Park (31st) and a Wryneck at Sheepcote (today).

Thanks Daryll, that would be great

Black winged Stilt

Garganey

White Stork including juvenile

Night Heron in heronry

Mostly non-birding holiday in northern France was great. Good numbers of Black Redstart & Turtle Dove, Whiskered Tern, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, White Stork, 150+ Spoonbill, Serin, Zitting Cisticola, Spotshank, 9+ Garganey, Black winged Stilt, LRP, 10 Black necked Grebe, Night Heron and Crested Tit