Monday, 4 August 2025

YLGs


3cy (second summer/third winter) Yellow-legged Gull - Exmouth cricket pitch. I think this is the bird I had last month on Warren View and Blackhill Quarry (and probably the bird seen at the Warren).

Orcombe Point migrant-less this morning but at least 3 Cirl Buntings there with 4 shearwater sp and 4 skua sp (prob Poms) distantly offshore. Mudbank - 1 Grey Plover, 47 Whimbrel, 113 Canada Geese, c350+ Mallard, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Gulls and 3 Common Terns.
Yesterday on Orcombe - 6 Mute Swans, 3+ Cirl Buntings (including 1 juv so breeding successful for second year in a row) and 1 Goldcrest. Mudbank - c50 Sandwich Terns, 41 Canada Geese, 5 Great Crested Grebes, 31 Whimbrel, 1 Dunlin, 25 Little Egrets, 1 Mediterranean Gull, c240+ Mallard, c20 Sanderling and 1 Common Gull.



And could this older bird on the Imperial rugby ground be the famous returning bird that I first saw as a juvenile in 2021? If so it's in its 5th cy (4th summer plumage).


Mute Swans over Orcombe Point yesterday morning.

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