Another good Stubbers Green Gull had been about recently and it was an icy scene which welcomed us mid-morning....
We'd just got out of the car, when the Iceland Gull flew overhead! It joined the rest of the Gulls in the middle of the ice covered pool - they were all giving the grassy bank a miss! Nevertheless, it was showing quite well (irritatingly with it's back to us most of the time) and a fair distance away......
Fleshy coloured black tipped bill, pale iris and quite uniformly marked wings and tail - characteristic of a 2nd winter bird.
After a brief flight which I missed, it was relocated and went walkabout amongst the other gulls....
A bit of a wingflap....
A running take off - showing a clean pair of heels....
and it was way back to the tip.... (where the Caspian Gull presumably was?? - didn't see this bird at all although it was reported in the afternoon)
Shame it was too cold to hang about and wait for it to return!!
