Different At Last

Sunday, last day of my 'holiday' [see previous posts for relevant bouts of self-pity on this subject] [Or not. I'd recommend not. Look at the {sometimes} pretty pictures instead. :) ]

Ahem.

With Nights looming, an early morning start was right out, so of course it was all misty with light winds at last...

Mutter mutter.

Despite having something important to do, I couldn't resist and nipped over to the Nose at lunchtime..

Blackcaps outnumbered Chiffs more than 2 to one and at last something not basic! A Garden Warbler lurked in the Entrance Bushes. Woo.

Then, piling down to look over the gulls on the Lead Stone...

Manky Herrings, a Shag,

a Crow, a nice adult LBB,

oh and a monster!

Gotcha! Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull. Look at the size of him, too! Lovely long wings. Let's see them better, shall we?

YLG

White rump and uppertail with neat black terminal band, but oh look at the wing! Big dark bar in the secondary coverts, caused by lack of notching [such as Herring and even more so GBB would show]. Also note how dark the hand [outermost part of wing] is.

Alas, the other gulls never had their heads especially pointed the right way for a direct comparison of head and bills, but you don't get it all [unless you're the Artist, of course... but I suspect he can control gulls with his mind]

Inshore, again 9 Oyks on the wave-cut platform, no sign of any other waders.

Later in the day, the Teacher went over and found a very showy Redstart [rats] and had those two nice gulls on said WCP, where I'd have acquired very much better pictures.. [Double rats!]

But I was busy elsewhere.

Doing what?

Wait and see.

Be Seeing You...