February 16th 2009

A few of you have contacted saying that when you bring my page up there is no content and have to go in to the archive banner. I am having no problems here so might be a blogger prob suggest that if you click on 2009 in the archive banner and it brings up the content OK, save it and delete your other link. Hope that helps. Might be the reason why I have suddenly had 300 hits in a day.

Decided a change of scenery and luck was needed so went to the Shawell Landfill Site between Rugby and Lutterworth just over the border in to Leicestershire. First winter Iceland Gull, first winter and near adult Yellow-legged Gull and adult Caspian Gull amongst the many gulls which are probably some of the ones that roost at Draycote water.

Iceland Gull by Bob Hazell

Went mid-afternoon to do the roost at the pond with male Smew which had arrived on Saturday, 3 Great-northern Diver, Shelduck and Ringed Plover and in the roost there were 2 adult winter Med Gulls, 2 adult Yellow-legged Gull and albino Common Gull.

Richard