12 Mar - A quick look in the morning in improving weather, from cloudy to bright - the highlight was the second-year Mediterranean Gull on South Lake, distinguished from the adjacent Black-headeds by the developing black hood extending down the nape, together with the red bill, larger size and smaller amount of black in the wingtips. Small numbers of Meds pass through every spring, and maybe one year they will colonise? Also c40 Avocets - now arrived to breed - 120+ Black-tailed Godwits, Oystercatcher and Ruff. On the Tack Piece, very close views of the White-front flock that will probably shortly depart on migration to Russia, together with various duck species in full breeding plumage.
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