Very instructive sequence of Caspian Gull photos, Gavin. Great stuff 👌

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Hi Steve. The Baikal Teal has reappeared in the western embankment in with the Teal flock, which has lifted up a few times but returned. Showing pretty well, all things considered 🙂
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Quite. My 13-year old Zeiss Victory 10x42s are optically equal to, if not better than, the contemporary Swaro’s. I compared both at time of purchase & opted for the Zeiss. Ergonomically they suit my 🙌 size better too. Swaro’s may better suit others for the same reason, I guess.
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The, or another, Leach’s feeding off the cove.

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Ha, thanks for the ID tips. I did question it myself but thought that the white tips to the median coverts, the clean unstreaked back/mantle, and the short dark tail favoured Pied. Every day’s a school day, as the saying goes 🤓

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That would have been the icing on the cake; but sadly not. Wasn’t even aware that they occurred at Alners, altho’ I did notice plenty of stands of sallows.