Iceland Gull at Edgbaston Reservoir 17/03/18

Yesterday I had a day in Birmingham with family and on the way home we popped into the nearby Edgbaston Reservoir to check out an Iceland Gull that had been reported of Birdguides earlier in the day. We parked in the carpark at the end of Reservoir Road and within 5 minutes I had located the bird which was about 20 meters out on the reservoir.

2nd Winter Iceland Gull

These are my best views I have had of an Iceland Gull before as I have only seen one flying away at North Shields in Newcastle back at the start of 2017. Other birds seen on site were Lesser Black-Backed Gull, Black-Headed Gull, Coot and Mute Swan.

Edgbaston Reservoir