Spring Roll Out
An interesting Spring underway, with unusual weather patterns affecting what birds were seen and where. We took a weekend down in Ruissalo, Turku for a family catch up, and this allowed my to stop off at Turku dump for a bit of gulling. It was quite successful, finding my second Caspian Gull of the Spring with another 2CY. Caspian Gull - 2CY - the dump wasn't open on my visit, so scoping from the outside was more challenging. I picked up this bird, with the silvery quality of the mantle and scapulars standing out a country mile. Indeed I think this silvery quality stands out better in the video. A Lesser Black Backed type was also a nice find. Ruissalo itself, with it's ubiquitous oak woodlands, even in early Spring was joyous to be around, with Nuthatch being seen and numerous Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming, as well as plenty of early spring migrants. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming - it's a delightful little Uzi machine gun. White-Tailed Eagle is pretty much guara...