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Stanwick Caspian Gull does Dunge!
Remember this juvenile Caspian Gull at Stanwick in September? Steve Fisher, the observer, has just had the news back on its origin. Its red ring, numbered 85P5, indicates it was ringed as a nestling in...
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Yellow-legged and Caspian Gull Identification Workshop
Gull aficionado Martin Elliott will be back on a one-time visit to Stanwick on 29th September to run a special Yellow-legged and Caspian Gull ID masterclass. Don’t miss it …
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It’s official: Azorean Gull now on the Northamptonshire List
Azorean Gull, Azorean Yellow-legged Gull, Azores Gull – call it what you like but, following its acceptance by the BOU on to the British List earlier this year, Larus michahellis atlantis – currently...
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A particularly tricky white-winged gull
This morning I paid my usual weekly visit to Rushton Landfill. In recent weeks it has been pulling in up to 4,000 gulls, including several Caspians, and the chances of finding either Glaucous or...
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A particularly tricky white-winged gull: revisited
Revisited, reassessed and … right first time! After convincing myself to go against my gut feel and better judgement, it would appear I was wrong in my post-observation photo-based identification...
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Behind DIRFT 3
Where Birding meets Logistics If you have a sense of adventure, a pioneering spirit and you are willing to risk being hit by an HGV, while getting covered in mud, then read on … The busy A5, just north...
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Mediterranean Gull – a new breeding species for Northants
A new species is added to the list of birds breeding in Northamptonshire as Mediterranean Gulls nest for the first time at Stanwick Gravel Pits Mediterranean Gulls have been appearing with increasing...
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Wednesday 13th September. In the wake of Storm Aileen it was difficult to believe no displaced seabirds would have occurred in Northants. On cue, then, a juvenile Sabine’s Gull arrived at Daventry...
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Putative Azorean Gull at Stanwick
There are two accepted British records of Azorean Gull, the atlantis race of Yellow-legged Gull, based upon two individuals, one of which was a well-travelled bird that visited Northamptonshire in...
View ArticleA gull which doesn’t quite fit the bill
A closer look at the Ravensthorpe ‘Caspian’ Gull Generally regarded as a Caspian Gull, this second-calendar year (first-summer) bird has been visiting Ravensthorpe Reservoir since early August. From...
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