Due to other obligations and very poor weather conditions, the Eirol landfill had not been visited by me for a long while. Yesterday, there finally was a gap in the clouds. On this trip I got joined by Pedro Moreira. Pedro was particularly interested in the rarities that occasionally show up at the site, but as far as gulls went we did not record anything else then Lesser Black-backed -, Black-headed - and a few Yellow-legged gulls. There were plenty of gulls present; in particular the first two species were abundant. I was hoping to be able to visit the site before the first of this year’s Black Kites showed up, but we quickly found out that they were already there. We made a maximum count of 25 kites, which continuously flushed the gulls. According to personnel the first kites appeared around the 21st of this month. Between 7:15 and 16:45 Pedro and I managed to read 46 rings (44 LBBG and 2 BHG). This number could have been a lot higher if it weren’t for the dirt that covered many (about 40%!) of the rings, as well as for the time we spent talking with personnel of the site, and for the time we watched the impressive interactions between the gulls and the kites, making it a very nice day after all!
Here Fido, bring me the slipper.
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