The Axe is a small estuary which has its upside as well as down. One of its uses is that gulls are often close enough for us to read their rings. This Intermedius Lesser Black-back travelled to Devon from Northern France via Portugal!
Immature Glaucous gulls are good for phonescoping as they sit still quite often.However,some whitewingers can be so gleaming all-over that they dazzle the poor phonescoper
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| Iceland Gull(2nd Winter) |
Sometimes bright sunshine is your enemy!Overcast days can produce better gull pix,such as on a visit to Gosport in Hampshire..
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| Ring-billed Gull |
And at Exmouth in 2011..
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| Sabine's gull |
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| YELLOW-LEGGED GULL |
And this recent beauty on the Axe, where I've also phonescoped Caspian before...
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| OK it's not too sharp but still a 1stWinter Casp! |
Phonescoping can also aid I.D. when no DSLR is available.See below
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| Gull with Yellow legs-but a hybrid not a YL! |
Hope these phonescoping interludes are amusing for people-it's only a matter of time before I return to the DSLR, so enjoy this phonescoped backlog for what it is while you can folks!
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