The Bonaparte's Gull was first seen at Oare Marshes on the 22nd of May 2013 and it has returned every single year since. I have managed to connect with it five out of the seven years. On a previous trip in June, I had been unsuccessful, but recently the Bonaparte's had become more reliable and I was more hopeful of connecting with it today.
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| Looking East along the seawall towards the hide |
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| The mudflats looking across the Swale to the Isle of Sheppey |
Still unable to share a car due to Covid, Brian had left home earlier and was already on site and searching for the Bonaparte's Gull from the seawall when I arrived. Two hours later the Bonaparte's appeared on the mudflats east of the slipway. We watched it happily feeding on the mud for an hour or so and then did a loop of East flood picking out Bearded Tits, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank, Water Rail, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwits and Avocets on the way back.
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| Bonaparte's Gull |
Hopefully, it will return again next year and we will be there to see it.
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