First day back and first morning on Soil Hill of the autumn produced a very nice patch tick in the form of this Mediterranean Gull, which flew south with the steady stream of Black-headed Gulls, my 131st species for Soil Hill. From the photos, it appears to have small dark edges to the wingtips, so I suspect this bird is a 2cy. The white plumage stood out a mile from the other gulls moving which first drew my attention to it, before I rattled off a sequence of very poor photos that just about do the job.
Sadly the hoped-for morning visible migration did not transpire as I had hoped. The best I could manage was a steady trickle of Swallows going south, with 76 counted in several small bursts. At least nine Chiffchaffs were in the bushes but not particularly showy in quite blustery conditions, and a Lesser Redpoll flew south calling.
Nice one! How close to Soil Hill do Mediterranean Gulls occur with any sort of regularity?
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