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| More of the same! Not quite the commonest gull on the island, but a total of seven Iceland Gulls were around today. As noted elsewhere first, most of the birds in the influx are in the older age groups. |
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| This third winter gave a close fly past in South Harbour. The photos seem to show a darker wash to the primaries, which I didn't notice in the field, but then I made the schoolboy mistake of going straight for the camera not the binoculars as it flew by the van. Sloppy. |
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| Seaduck are not especially common around Fair Isle waters, although Common Scoter and Long-tailed Duck have both overwintered this year (along with a Red-breasted Merganser that wasn't seen today). A Little Auk was also in North Haven today and other birds around the island included Water Rail and Whooper Swan. |
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