White-winged Gull fest at Albert Village Lake.....20th February 2009.
2nd winter Glaucous Gull 2nd winter Iceland Gull Adult Iceland Gull After my exploits down in the south of the county looking for Iceland Gulls at Shawell tip I decide to check out Albert Village Lake in the extreme north-west of the county to see if there were any more Iceland Gulls to photo? So earlier this morning myself and Dave Mack (McWilliams) drove over to Albert Village to see if we could see any of the Iceland Gulls which had been reported over the last few days. Parking the car by the large locked car park, Dave suddenly realised that he had forgotten his bins and left them at home!! So Dave using my Nikon bins and me using my Kowa scope we walked down the track and slowly started scanning the gull flock from the shoreline. Within in about 5 minutes of scanning the large gull flock we found a 2nd winter Iceland Gull resting on the water! Pleased on finding this bird I took a few record shots as this was a new bird to be reported at this site. Scanning further along the line...