One of the few upsides to this week's relentlessly wet and windy weather has been an arrival of Little Gulls to the region. Yesterday two appeared off Teignmouth seafront, and this morning up to four were present, so another lunch break dash was on the cards. I bumped into David Cope and we picked up several birds north of the yacht club; upon closer inspection there were seven adults getting blown about. I had to leave soon after arrival but David had another five adults and two first-winters at Sprey Point to go with the adult by the pier, so at least 15 Little Gulls were present along the stretch of coast for a time. Later Kev had an adult on the Salty with a remarkable 2250+ Herring Gulls.
Unusually, the wind has been blasting from a south-easterly direction for several days and is set to continue until at least tomorrow afternoon, so who knows what might turn up over the weekend.
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