Wayne Turner
@wayneturner4
Brightonian living in Guernsey. Freelance bird logger. Gull colour-ring hunter. Seawatcher. Moth-er. "If you love nature you will find wonder everywhere."
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12-08-2011 20:59:18
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Norwegian Lesser Black-backed Gull - J898H - seen in The Gambia in its first winter in 2016 was staging this morning at L'Eree on its southward migration. Also my second Hungarian juvenile Mediterranean Gull in as many weeks - HK0Z - was at Perelle. Guernsey Birds
Juvenile Caspian Gull at St. Saviour's Reservoir today. 5th of the autumn so far following 4 in August. Guernsey Birds
Juvenile LBBG colour-ringed in Swansea on Colin Best NR yesterday - (orange) S&A and a Polish colour-flagged juvenile Sandwich Tern at Perelle today - (yellow) J1662. Guernsey Birds
A flock of 8 Sandwich Terns roosting in L'Eree Bay this morning included a Danish juvenile (Green - L9H) and a Dutch juvenile (Red - HFH). Guernsey Birds
The Dutch colour-ringed juvenile Sandwich Tern at L'Eree Bay today - (Red)HFH - had flown 400 miles NE to Denmark where it was seen 5 days ago before flying 725 miles SW to Guernsey. Guernsey Birds
Maya Le Tissier is in a league of her own ™️ The Manchester United Women captain has officially passed Aileen Whelan's record of the most consecutive #BarclaysWSL starts (70), with Le Tissier's start against Chelsea in Gameweek 5 taking her to 71 consecutive starts🤯
I've seen 28 Dutch gull colour-rings in Guernsey in the last 6 years but yesterday's at Perelle was my first Great Black-backed Gull - (Green)NS. Previous:- LBBG (x17), Caspian Gull (x4), Med Gull (x3), Black-headed Gull (x2) + hybrid LBBG/YLG (x1). Guernsey Birds
Belgian Med Gull 30EV arrived back at Perelle today for its 4th consecutive winter. It usually visits Jersey first on its way here and was seen there 5 days ago. Guernsey Birds birdrings.digimap.gg/SightingReport… birdrings.digimap.gg/Map.aspx?Colou…
