Frampton-On-Severn Little gull highlight 7/4/14

Frampton-On-Severn bird sightings

1. 1 grey heron
2. 2 oystercatchers
3. 7+ chiffchaffs calling
4. 2 male blackcaps singing
5. 1 linnet
6. 10+ black headed gulls
7. 3+ herring gulls
8. 2 mute swans
9. 6 greylag geese
10. Mallards
11. 15+ tufted ducks
12. 15+ sand martins
13. 5+ swallows
14. 1 common tern- First of the year
15. 1 LITTLE GULL adult- First ever sighting for me and In summer plumage.
    
    
    
    

Little gull adult 

Amazing 5/4/14-6/4/14 birdwatching weekend

Highlights

Slimbridge WWT (Glos)

Hooded crow

• A HOODED CROW- My 1st ever and first in Glos since 1991
• 2 TAIGA BEAN GEESE- My 1st ever and 20 years since the last Glos record.

Langland bay

• A rock pipit- 1st of year
• A FULMAR- 1st of the year and my first for 4 years
• 2 shags- 1st of the year

Stackpole Quay and Lily ponds (Pembrokeshire)

Fulmars

• Blackcap male singing- Migrants
• 7+ chiffchaffs singing- Migrants
• 15+ sand martins- Migrants
• 25+ FULMARS- Included a pair at a nest
• 6 GANNETS- Flew by
• 1 GUILLEMOT- Adult in summer plumage
• 2 peregrines
• 3 Choughs- 1st of the year