I made my way to Vedbaek Harbour which is one of the better places for gulls in the region. An adult Mediterranean Gull was the highlight - my first for DK:
Other distinctive features are the shorter, thicker bill with a black band, and the dark colouring around the eye.
The leg band was JO1 I think. I'll send it in to see where it came from (where do I do that?)... it's probably a local though.
It's easy to pick out from a distance when in flight. Almost Ivory Gull-like if you didn't see the face!
A small flock of Bullfinches was a long awaited lifer. I was rummaging through my bag looking for gloves when I noticed some passerines flying into a nearby tree that looked too large to be Tits and too small to be Thrushes. It's valuable to be familiar with the common birds ;)
On my way home there were crowds of onlookers enjoying the long staying Pygmy Owl:
I counted over 50 people looking at the bird today, of which about 20 took advantage of my scope :) I'm happy about that because when I was a young one and didn't have a scope I was often disappointed that the other birders didn't share their scopes! So I make the effort to make people feel welcome to look through mine.
And a short video of the highlights today. Starting with a Common Murre that has been hanging around Vedbaek Harbour for over 2 weeks (presumably).
Thanks for reading :)
