First Glauc of the winter

I managed an all-to-brief weekday visit to Cotham Landfill yesterday. Within just a few minutes I located a juvenile Glaucous Gull, undoubtedly the bird that John Hopper has had in the roost at Hoveringham. Always a good bird to see, and my first white-winger of the autumn. 

Glauc

Glauc

Glauc

 Also present were two 1st winter (2cy) Caspian Gulls. One was quite petite, and had rather grey wing coverts (rather than the more usual brown), but looked good in all other respects. The second bird was the same as one had a similar bill pattern to the bird on 23rd December, but differed in plumage pattern, so both were new birds.

2cy Casp no.1

2cy Casp no.2

2cy Casp no.2

There were also a few colour-ringed gulls around, close enough to read the codes, for once - 2 GBBGs and 2 HGs. I'm trying to track these birds down. 

Today,  patch visit produced two additions for PWC; a Cetti's Warbler calling in the Silt Lagoon reedbed and an Egyptian Goose, in one of the fields between Mons Pool and Meering. There were also 8 Whoopers here, with 12 Mute Swans.