It was back to the beach and marina for another walk this afternoon, but cut short when I realised there was rain on the way.
There was no sign of the Great Northern Diver or the Little Grebe, but there were a good dozen or more Red-breasted Mergansers, with two drakes in the marina itself.
On the far end of the breakwater the Cormorant colony was back again, with a few Shags, 2 Grey Herons and a Herring Gull mixed in amongst them.
On the waste outlet pipe was a 1st winter Great Black-backed Gull with a metal BTO ring on the right leg and a plastic ring on the other, with P:89D inscribed on it.
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Shag
2 Grey Heron
12+ Red-breasted Merganser
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Pied Wagtail
Magpie
Carrion Crow
1 Chaffinch
Cormorants, a few Shags, two Grey Herons and a Herring Gull on the marina breakwater.
A drake Red-breasted Merganser.
Here's another one, having a quick look to see where its next meal is coming from.
The two drakes in the marina
Two adult winter Black-headed Gulls with another.......
.........in flight. Strange that there were no Mediterranean Gulls about!!
I think this Black-headed Gull has been watching the terns fishing.
An adult Herring Gull
A 1st winter Great Black-backed Gull with two leg rings. The plastic........
Ted
Instead of running pass me, Ted decided to walk. Well he is getting old now.