Tjeldstø 03 February 2012 - Iceland Gull

Southerly and overcast.

Confined to barracks all day again. Got out very briefly as the light went - and found the second winter / 3cy Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke with darker primaries again.

Other than that just 10 Chaffinch bokfink, a couple of Tree Sparrow pilfink and all the usual stuff in the garden.

Tjeldstø 01 Febraury 2012 - Strange gulls....

Light southerly and sunny

Didn't get out for anything other than a trip "to the shop" today. However, as I had spotted an interesting gull or two from the sitting room I thought it prudent to swing by and check things out more closely. I'm no expert but this second winter / 3cy Iceland Gull grønlandsmåke looks like a candidate for kumlieni. Comments welcome...

 Possible Kumlien's Gull - dark primaries obvious but may still be at the light end of the scale?

 Above and below: these photos look very interesting - the primaries are obviously quite dark

Another gull, no doubt just some freaky Herring Gull gråmåke variant looked quite distinctive, rather dark, deep-chested, smalled-headed and long-billed.

Unusual Herring Gull gråmåke or something "off the map"?

A couple of Woodcock rugde seen in the woods as it got dark - must be starting to have a hard time of things with the ground being so frozen.

No doubts about these - a pair of Goldeneye kvinand