First-winter Yellow-legged Gull - Exmouth cricket pitch. Not a particularly stand-out individual but lots of newly-moulted scapulars drew attention and flight views confirmed identity. The long-staying second-summer was on the Imperial rugby ground, over the morning high tide.
An early morning sea-watch from the raised beach huts, from 0600 - 0710, was again pretty uneventful. Spells of poor visibility didn't help. Just 2 Arctic Skuas, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 1 shearwater sp (probably another Manxie), 11 Common Scoters and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull headed south, along with a steady trickle of Kittiwakes and Gannets.
A first-winter Yellow-legged Gull was on the cricket pitch and the second-summer bird was on the rugby pitch.
Off Mudbank - c220 Mallard, 12 Little Egrets, 22 Whimbrel and 1 Kingfisher.
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