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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.
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Friday, January 20, 2023

A January Twitch

 I'm not a great twitcher nowadays but having the possibility of a 'lifer' only twenty minutes away was very tempting!

Having arrived at South Moors LNR just south of Havant it was only about 100m to where a group of birders were standing just west of the Hayling bridge. Yes the Sabine's Gull was showing well and in fact was a very obliging bird coming far too close to photograph with my fixed 800mm lens! Here are some photos!










I tried in vain to obtain a good photo of the bird in flight and may return with a more suitable lens in the next day or two but here is the only rather poor shot I obtained. 

...but it does  show the wing pattern...a real clincher to the i.d. even at a distance!

What a bird!

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