Iceland Gull: After getting a lot of disinterest over the week about going to see the Whitby wheatear and having no one to agree to go with me I decided to try my luck elsewhere.
And am I glad I did!
After seeing via twitter and the @FyldeBirdClub twitter feed that the adult Iceland gull was spotted in Tesco car park in Blackpool I thought I would give it ago.
The bird is typically found on the roof of the recycling waste management building and after checking this and the car park there was no sign, so Dawn and I went for lunch and came back.
On our second visit I spotted the bird on the roof and I watched it for several minutes before a guy in an orange high-vis jacket drove by and said I can go in if I like and see the bird closer.
He stood with me while the bird flew in to the buildings open doorway and on to the waste material and back on to the roof.
This gave me an excellent opportunity to see the bird much closer and see it's bright yellow bill with red spot at gonys, it's pale coloured eye, white head, neck, breast, and belly and its classic white wing primaries.
Great local bird, and one that regularly returns each year. I spoke with the man who said if I come back on my own I shouldn't go past the fence line. So for anyone who is going please stay on the right side of the fence.
