I started early today, reaching Vestamager at around 0445. Along Kanalvej there were the usual gulls feeding in the meadows but one stood out - a very dark Lesser Black-backed Gull with tiny white spots for mirrors on the primaries and overall a sleeker looking bird compared with the 'normal' LBBG with which it was associating. Unfortunately it flew as I was reaching for my camera which meant that I was only able to get a very poor record flight shot of it moving away. The '
fuscus' subspecies (known as "Baltic Gull") is notoriously difficult to identify for certain due to the variability of '
intermedius', so it will have to go down as a 'fuscus-type'.
The other highlight included 5 Razorbills past Sydvestpynten, not something I expect in June. I had a good walk around Kongelunden on the off-chance that there might be a Greenish Warbler but to no avail. However the walk did produce at least 11 singing Wood Warblers, a good number.
Photo: 'fuscus-type' Lesser Black-backed Gull and Wood Warbler
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That third shot is a real beauty: great composition with the branch and angle of the bird.
Thanks Kerry - as usual, a lot of luck involved!
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