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The resident Slaty-backed and Black-tailed Gulls have been joined by some others. Lots of Vega Gulls last weekend as well as these 2.
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There were also Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, various ducks, lots of Great Egret and this lone wader.
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Upstream there were a few salmon (but not many: hope this just means they’re late) and the first eagle of the season. Crappy pic but always nice to see the first one.
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Because of the black edge of its tail, the White-tailed Eagle might be juvenile, and it looked energetic. The noteworthy visiting birds here are Blue-flanked and Narcissus Flycatchers, wintering and passage ones respectively. It’s late autumn, and surprisingly a resident bird Zitting Cisticola is still feeding young ones.
Hi Shui, yes definitely a younger bird.
First Eagle of the winter…looking forward to the rest !
I have a nasty feeling it’ll be another bad year for them sadly.