Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Another first for Calderdale.. !

See BS's blog for yesterday, 16th October- West Yorkshire Birding - there is a link on this page.

Top birder Bri, for finding and photographing a Caspian Gull at Fly Flatts yesterday afternoon. Probably a first winter bird. A great reward for a lot of hard work day after day on the local patch and in all conditions. These are tricky birds to identify at all ages though there have been a growing number of reports in the UK in recent years but none identified in Calderdale, until this one !

Like  a true birder - BS was careful about not jumping to conclusions on the birds identity but checked it out with others after KM suggested Caspian and then supported by comments from other experienced birders.
Well done Bri. Think you deserve a reward !!

1 comment:

Brian Sumner . said...

Not the Golden Bollocks again Dave, been there done that.
Thanks to gull man NCD that helped clinch it.
This species is known for hanging around a while when viewed by KM in previous years and picked up several times at TMR, Cullingworth fields and Redcar Tarn so keep a watch at Ringstone , Gorple etc.