First day back and first morning on Soil Hill of the autumn produced a very nice patch tick in the form of this Mediterranean Gull, which flew south with the steady stream of Black-headed Gulls, my 131st species for Soil Hill. From the photos, it appears to have small dark edges to the wingtips, so I suspect this bird is a 2cy. The white plumage stood out a mile from the other gulls moving. Sadly I lost it behind the hill, but it did not appear to go down on Ogden.
Steady trickle of Swallows going south, with 76 counted in several small bursts. At least nine Chiffchaffs in the bushes, and a Lesser Redpoll flew south calling.
-Mediterranean Gull
In total managed 43 species today, the full list here; https://ebird.org/checklist/S271942912
Trektellen count here; https://www.trektellen.org/count/view/767/20250907
1 comment:
I'm glad to see that you are back Daniel. This is a nice record. Your first two photos do show the black markings at the wingtip quite clearly.
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