After a bit of a break, both because I have been away and due to a computer failure I am now back and doing  along overdue post. Headline news has to go to Blashford’s first Bonaparte’s gull, a North American … Continue reading →

After a bit of a break, both because I have been away and due to a computer failure I am now back and doing  along overdue post.
Headline news has to go to Blashford’s first Bonaparte’s gull, a North American species, similar to, but slightly smaller than a black-headed gull. I saw it first as I locked up on Monday and then again as I locked up today. It is a first summer bird and seems to come to Ibsley Water late in the afternoon to hunt insects. Here is my “Record shot” of the bird, truly a terrible picture, but with imagination you can just about tell what it is! ...