5cy GBBG (left), 3 LBBGs and an adult YLG on the water in front of a big bouy
7 YLGs including a big juv roosted at #ChelmarshResr this evening along with the returning 5cy GBBG and 180 LBBGs (25 juvs), and a pristine juv Gos flew through #shropshirebirding #summergulling
Lesser Black-backed Gulls loafing on a flooded sandpit
Found a little slice of heaven today... ✨️ #summergulling #lovegulls #shropshirebirding
Called in at the Shrewsbury gullery this evening to see one of the young Herrings is all grown up 😍 And a 2cy YLG had joined the loafing immatures #urbangulls #summergulling
4cy #CaspianGull roosted just NW of Novartis Ings this evening with ad Med Gull & 152 newly returned Curlew #humberbirds #summergulling #autumnwaders
With thanks to #ringmerking, J478C the 🇳🇴 ringed intermedius behind my house on Wednesday has lived a narrow existence - fledged on Gurskoy, wintered in Portugal, next stop #salopobs #summergulling
The neighbourhood LBBG flock had dwindled to 270 today but a 2cy Med Gull became the seventh gull sp in the field in 24hrs along with 2 2cy Commons and 2 juv BHGs #salopobs #summergulling
Home from sports day to find 920 LBBGs behind the house (just 4 ads!), with a 2cy #CaspianGull, 3 YLGs, 2 HGs, a 🇳🇴 ringed presumed intermedius, a 2cy Common Gull and a barely fledged BHG! #salopobs #summergulling
2 juv Meds, juv YLG and 2cy GBBG were the highlights of my first #ChelmarshResr roost of the season this evening #summergulling
Gulls! Remember them?! 2cy YLG on a roof in Halesfield, Telford with 50 LBBGs this afternoon #summergulling
The beautiful juv Little Gull at The Mere, Ellesmere was showing well at the busy NW end early afternoon #summergulling
Came home to find the ploughs were out, with 580 LBBGs in the fields along with 2 YLGs & 5 HGs. More to come, hopefully #summergulling
A belting juv/1w #CaspianGull and a probable adult (picked up too late) in the roost at #ChelmarshResr this evng along with 12+ YLGs (3+ juvs), an early juv GBBG, a juv Med and a whopping 2500+ LBBGs #summergulling
First roost of the winter tonight at #ChelmarshResr produced 2 juv Med Gulls, 5 YLGs (2 ads, 2x2cy, juv), ad Common, 5 HGs, 340 LBBGs & 750 BHGs #summergulling
Beautiful 3cy #CaspianGull roosted at #ChelmarshResr this evening (📷 John Reeves) with 5 YLGs (3 juvs) & juv Med Gull
#summergulling
This pair of YLGs, along with this morning's ad & juv (my first of the year), accompanied a meandering passage of 370+LBBGs north thru Llyn Clywedog and the surrounding silage fields. Can't be a bad record for Powys? #summergulling #gulls
5 YLGs and this corking juv Med on #GooleFields today. The fun starts here... at last
#summergulling #backinthegame
Adult YLG, 2 juv Herrings and 110 LBBGs from the bathroom window this evening
#summergulling #Shropshire #roomwithaview
Fantastic comparison shot by @Norf_Viz_Mig of juv Yellow-legged Gull (left) and #CaspianGull on Cromer beach this morning
#gulls #summergulling
At least 3 juv YLGs and a couple of adults at Albert Village this morning
#backinthegame #summergulling
13 ad YLGs on #GooleFields early afternoon. Another 12 ad YLGs 1.5ml SSE of #Swinefleet
#Humberheadmichfest #summergulling
German-ringed juv #CaspianGull yellow X454 on Albion landfill, Leics early afternoon. Shame about the distance...
#summergulling #villowleaf
The ad #CaspianGull and 7ad YLGs back on #GooleFields at 0920. Huge flock off in the distance... #summergulling #primarymoult #gulls
The big ad #CaspianGull & 6ad YLGs 2mls SE of Swinefleet in field east of Oldgate Lane/Quart Lane junction at 0820 SE786193 #summergulling
Slinky dinky juv LBBG with a more typical congener in a field near Roos in East Yorkshire this morning
#summergulling #indeterminus #gulls
Probably my first juv #CaspianGull, 14 years ago today on the once great west #Norfolk gull fields
#Shangrilarid #summergulling #villowleaf
Big fresh juv male #CaspianGull and a dozen YLGs (3+juvs) at Albert Village Lake this afternoon
#summergulling #villowleaf
9 ad/near-ad YLGs and 17 LBBGs #GooleFields this morning. Love the ratio!
#Humberheadmichfest #summergulling #gulls
Tis the season: first 2cy #BalticGull of the spring back at Turku in Finland on Weds by Oskari Härmä
#fuscus #theyreoutthere #summergulling
33+YLGs Albert Village Lake mid afternoon. Earlier, 7YLGs #GooleFields at last
#summergulling @RareBirdAlertUK
#BacktoBaltics - convincing 2cy Albert Village Lake mid pm: juv P10, 2nd-gen P2-9, dropped P1
#summergulling #fuscus
