High time I started a DU thread! It's the first day of May and EJ the Beautiful is fast asleep:
If all goes to plan we should have chicks this month! Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic after last year but I'm feeling positive for this pair.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
He gets comfy, and yes you've guessed it, falls asleep.
Birdie Num Num's brilliant DU summary 2017
Just popped in and see she hasn't had a fish yet. Maybe he doesn't want to go far because of intruders. At least he's giving her a break and he's having a wee snooze bless him.
EJ's back chirping.
17.31 Odin leaves
Twinkle, see page 1. Big fish early this morning.
That didn't last long,she more or less pushed him off and he was reluctant to go as he was enjoying his wee nap.
EJ starts to call, gently.
EJ sits silently in the wind.
EJ is calling
Odin arrives with bark (I think) and sets to work on the sticks while EJ calls for fish.
He wouldn't be Odin without a quick pose
He pushes the 'hooked stick' to far, and it springs up and bops him on the head