Two days ago I went to Teesmouth, which was quite succesful. We started off at Seaton where we could see 2
Glaucous Gulls flying around the tip. There were also at least 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a gull which I was unsure about, it might have been a
Yellow-legged Gull (comments welcome). The main difference was that on the tertials it lacked the white notches of a Herring Gull, instead the tertials had smooth white edges. It also had quite a lot of grey on the mantle, though I think the head profile was wrong for Caspian Gull. It did have a all black bill which I wouldn't expect from a first year Herring Gull.
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| Glaucous Gull |
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| Unidentified Gull |
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Next we went to Dorman's Pool where the
Green-winged Teal was showing along with 3
Smew and a
Kingfisher.
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| Green-winged Teal record shot |
At the Phil Stead hide there was a
Water Rail and lots of Goldfinches around the feeders.
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| Goldfinches |
We also managed to see the
Bean Goose at Cowpen Marsh, though it took 4 attempts and at Greenabella there was a
Spotted Redshank and a
Greenshank.
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