Grey-headed Gull
Larus cirrocephalus
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An invite to join RB on a flight to Bari, Italy then meet up with JJ for the long staying Grey-headed Gull ...
So a flight out of Stansted on Saturday at 16:40, landing at Bari about 20:30, and returning the following evening Sunday, a one day trip ...
Saturday evening we stayed at the Hotel Salsello, a couple of beers and a pizza ended the evening, nicely ...
Josh had spent Saturday in the sun, only briefly having the gull but at dusk checked Bisceglie Harbour and the bird was roosting ...
Sunday morning, light rain and overcast we checked the harbour and found the gull within 10 minutes of arriving ...
We, along with the gull spent all day around the harbour, apart from a quick trip to the supermarket for more bread & popcorn, coaxing the bird to favoured places !!
Starting the day off at 1000 iso ~ 1/160 ~ F4 in the rain, late morning 640 iso ~ 1/1600 ~ F5.6 ..
Getting the bird, isolated on its own was a challenge but with views as close 2m's it turned out to be a fantastic day !!!
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The bird performed brilliantly ..
Thanks to RB & JJ
2 comments:
I was waiting to see these. Incredible series of images, Michael. Absolutely stunning bird. Thanks for the write-up and posting the images.
A smart looking bird Mick and a nice set of images too...
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