Recently came across stumpy, the famous Caspian gull with the severed leg. Seen him a couple of times before, he has also now developed a nervous twitch, a little shake of the head every ten or eleven seconds making him … Continue reading Stumpy

Have you ever seen an adult lesser black-backed gull looking like this recently seen Intermedius type. Almost all black bill, brownish legs, pale iris. A very striking looking bird. Perhaps to do with diet???????   Continue reading Unusual LBB

Mon 1st Aug 2016 Freiston Shore. A pectoral sandpiper on the reservoir this afternoon was our third in three consecutive Mondays and it was certainly a case of third time lucky, as we found this one for ourselves. At first … Continue reading Another pec.