Sabine's Gull and Twitchers by 30pics4jackiesdiamond

Sabine's Gull and Twitchers

Went looking for a golden triangle composition and the kingfishers but found a sabine's gull with a couple of dozen photographers all with huge lenses excitedly pointing at it.

Poor thing was being mobbed by the local gulls as it's not supposed to be in southern england!!

For more info https://ebird.org/species/sabgul?siteLanguage=en_GB It looked just like a normal tern to me, but what do I know??!!
Great collage. So that’s that’s what a Sabine’s gull is.
January 11th, 2023  
It's a lovely bird, but that shot of all the photographers is something else!
January 11th, 2023  
You must have had a lot of patience to get that shot
January 11th, 2023  
The local photographers had obviously all heard that it was there! Nice in flight shots.
January 11th, 2023  
Has it taken up residence or is it just passing through? How did all those photographers know to be there? I love the collage that shows the bird and the commotion it has caused
January 11th, 2023  
Great storytelling triptych.
January 11th, 2023  
A lovely series of shots
January 11th, 2023  
Good bird shots and in flight too. The collage is well put together and shows the difference in those two birds.I guess all the birders were excited. Lots of them there.
January 11th, 2023  
Great triptych telling the story well Jackie:)
January 11th, 2023  
Beautiful bird, nice series of shots.
January 11th, 2023  
it's a local coast for local birds!
January 11th, 2023  
Great shots and collage and nice to see the twitchers with their cameras.
January 12th, 2023  
Nice captures of the Sabine’s Gull and love the inclusion of the mob of birding/photographers.
January 12th, 2023  
@grammyn keen birders have various sites online which inform them of what's where. They used to page each other, now I guess its all on the phone!
January 12th, 2023  
@stowgarden twitter??!!!
@amyk there were more running through the mud
@wendyfrost thank you

@anniesue so shove off!?
@boxplayer not bad for my 300mm lens eh?
@pcoulson very kind, thank you

@randystreat I'm hoping both are of the same bird!?
@Dawn thank you
@haskar AHH many thanks

@grammyn probably blown in on the Atlantic storms ( the guy i was talking to said,)

@carole_sandford they tweet each other
@mirroroflife nope, I was walking away and it flew near me!!
@ljmanning and more rushed in, but they had to keep distance as bery wet and muddy

@wakelys it's a tern with a black head, black wing tips and forked tail. Most unassuming bird, not as exciting as our kingfishers
January 12th, 2023  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond haha! why didn't I think of that?!
January 12th, 2023  
Nice captures of this bird, he's certainly very popular
January 12th, 2023  
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