We start the new year with no one on the ledge or in the box.
So happy new year to all that follow this thread.
By the way a link to the 2015 thread can be found here.
"Birds are, quite simply, little miracles - and as such they require care and consideration."
Magnus Ullman
My Flickr account is here
The night cam is on and the ledge remains empty.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Diamond has arrived and, most unusually, she headed straight into the box:
After less than a minute she went to the ledge:
She has flown.
Good to see she returned after the night cam came on:
She's enjoying the usual pre-flight stretching and preening:
More stretching:
The day cam comes on: