Sunday, April 13, 2003

MEDITERRANEAN GULL

BOULTHAM MERE
No sign this morning of the Med Gull present everyday for the last week, but it started well with a Little Ringed Plover, a Red Breasted Merganser 3 Little Gulls a Merlin and at 11.15am another MED GULL what an awesome day again at our local.

Monday, April 07, 2003

Mediterranean Gull

BOULTHAM MERE
What a stunning few days at our local patch, we found this 1st Winter Med stood on the Tern raft this evening it then stayed until the following saturday a true rarity on our patch and a lifer for some.



Sunday, April 06, 2003

Kittiwake

BOULTHAM MERE
A stunning week so far, two seperate Little Gulls, a Buzzard and an Oystercatcher then this spanking Kittiwake, it flew in at 9.45am and landed out on the lake with black heads untill 10.10am when it flew off north east.

Tuesday, April 01, 2003

Little Gull

BOULTHAM MERE
This stunning bird flew in from the north at 6.30pm and landed on the lake, the following evening it flew in at 6.00pm and again landed for half an hour before flying off south, 3 days later a second Little Gull was already on the lake when we arrived it was second summer bird and in moult, it flew north though after only a couple of minutes.