On the water, all the boxes were ticked for Caspian Gull, I had it down as an adult as it cruised up and down mid-pool....
A brief wash and wingflap, revealed a few brown flecks in the upperwing plumage, knocking it down to 4th Winter. It's yet another Caspo for the Shropshire Winter of Gull Content :-) Has there been one like it?
Never mind - as it drifted closer - one serioussly classy Gull :-)
Maybe the last one I will see for a week or so as a busy period of talks on the plant scene looms.....
