THIS WEEK

The new 2nd winter Iceland Gull 'Latest Whitey', which turned up on Monday, settled down and showed better on Tuesday

'Latest Whitey' is the whitest we've had so far with pale grey mantle and scapular feathers

Here is a Pochard with a nose band, banded in France

The 1w Iceland Gull showed reasonably well on the south lake

The 1w Iceland Gull in flight. Compare these pics with the Kumliens's in flight here:

http://surreybirding.blogspot.com/2012/02/kumliens-flypast.html

We've had three Curlew on site for nearly three weeks. They arrived in the cold spell and stayed. Here you see one bird with the high rises of Croydon. Beddington is a green oasis for birds and other wildlife surrounded by Sutton, Mitcham and Croydon.