Little Marlow

A fairly uneventful late afternoon walk around the lake.  Wildfowl numbers are gradually building up, as are gull numbers.  A few Chiffchaffs are still around.  The only waders were several hundred Lapwings and a Common Sandpiper.  No sign of any Snipe (or recent Jack Snipe).

The gulls provided the most interest with five colour ringed gulls on the sand spit at one point.  Two Black-headed Gulls (from Denmark and the Netherlands), two Lesser Black-backed Gulls (from the Netherlands) and a Herring Gull (probably from the UK).

Kestrel - This bird was looking for prey items from the power cables which run across the fields to the north of the lake.

Yellow-legged Gull - This adult is currently a regular visitor.

Black-headed Gulls - I was rather surprised tp find two colour ringed gulls stood next to each other.  Both had white rings and I did initially wonder if there was a family connection but have since found out that is not the case.  "White 507" was ringed near Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2011, so is now 8 years old.  It has been at Little Marlow GP several times since 2012 (see blue line on map below).  "White EA4F" was ringed on the small island of Griend which is in the Netherlands (see red line on the map below).