Cuckmere Haven 10/11/18

When the rain settled down I spent the rest of the morning in the Cuckmere finding only a Firecrest and many Goldcrests on the east side. The Eider was also still along the river, as was the Grey Plover.

By mid-morning there was already a substantial Gull flock and so I spent the next hour going through them finding four Caspian Gulls and no less then eight Yellow-legged Gulls. I met up with Richard who had seen another adult Caspian. A first-winter Caspian was different to that of yesterdays bird, unsure about the second-winter being different, and the third-winter and two adults were new birds, so within the last two days there has been a minimum of eight Caspian Gulls.

adult Caspian Gull

third-winter Caspian & two

adult Yellow-legged Gulls

first-winter Caspian & adults of both

Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls

first-winter Caspian Gull