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KEVIN LISTER


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Spring Mill and Fern Isle Wood 011213
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  • yellow legged gull? - a large adult gull with yellow legs flew in from the south with 3 great black backed gulls
  • great black backed gull - min 10 passing through in 1s, 2s and 3s
  • herring gull - 6 flew in from the west and carried on turning south east
  • black headed gull - 35
  • common gull - 3
  • buzzard - 1
  • kestrel - several sightings of at least 2 birds
  • little owl - 1
  • green woodpecker - several sightings of probably the same bird
  • woodpigeon - min of 110 in Fern Isle Wood
  • grey wagtail - 1
  • meadow pipit - 4 singles and a flock of 10
  • dipper - 1
  • stonechat - 1m & 1f
  • fieldfare - flock of 44 flying north
  • mistle thrush - 2
  • wren - 7
  • starling - flocks of 13 & 70
  • magpie - 12
  • jackdaw - 11
  • carrion crow - 6
  • brambling - flock of at least 40 in Fern Isle Wood

cheers Kevin



-- Edited by KEVIN LISTER on Sunday 1st of December 2013 09:07:51 PM

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hi kevin

one yellow legged gull at pennington flash yesterday


www.flickr.com/photos/johntymon/11155687565/


www.flickr.com/photos/johntymon/11148860244/


could it be same bird?

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Hi Sarfraz

No it isn't the same bird.  The bird I saw had a streaked head but the wing colour was the same as the yellow legged gull in the picture.  I should have pointed out that it was definitely not a lesser black back.  Unfortunately whilst I got a clear enough view of the bird when it flew in it then flew across the sun and I couldn't make out any other features.  Unfortunately whilst I had taken my camera I had neglected to take the battery.  I have read that herring gulls occasionally have yellow legs, so I cannot rule this out.

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Hi Kevin,

The one thing they say about YLG's is the clean white head little streaking in winter.


www.birdersplayground.co.uk/Yellow-legged%20Gull%20-%20adults.html


HG's have more streaks. With the description you give it will most likely be a YLG as the back colour would be too dark for a HG (I THINK). HG's are much paler in general. Also I think YLG's are bigger than LBBG's and HG's in general.

I just wondered with the description you gave it might be the same that turned up at Pennington Flash.

Talking about Gulls - do any roost at Ashworth Moor res?

Sarfraz

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Hi Sarfraz

Yes there is a gull roost at Ashworth Moor Res.  If you check on the Manchester birding forum there was a post about this recently. 

With regards to the possibility of my bird being a yellow legged gull, I did think it was at the time, but I have to be honest and say that I didn't have long enough to view the bird in good light to note all the key features and am not expert enough on gull id to be sure of what species the bird was.

cheers Kevin



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