It was a lovely afternoon at Leybourne Lakes, still and quite warm. Many of the trees are getting going, while the birds appear to be keener and more forthcoming all round.
I was fooled initially by the size of this Gull - on first sight it looked certainly big enough to be a Herring Gull, but with its dark eye, dark hood and relatively dark back, of course it turned out to be a Common Gull, Larus canus.
Here you can see the broad white trailing edge on the inner portion of the wing, as the bird flies away.
I was fooled initially by the size of this Gull - on first sight it looked certainly big enough to be a Herring Gull, but with its dark eye, dark hood and relatively dark back, of course it turned out to be a Common Gull, Larus canus.
Here you can see the broad white trailing edge on the inner portion of the wing, as the bird flies away.
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