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Location Kalba Corniche
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Owner Peter Kennerley

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  4.12 km

Checklist Comments

Gullfest. Majority of gulls scavenging around fishermen cleaning nets and discarding smaller fish on beach. Others lingering nearby on beach and sea. Most terns staying 50+ m offshore, some occasionally coming closer.

Clear sky
Temperature: 23°C
Wind: 13km/h
Wind Direction: E
Cloud Cover: 0%
Humidity: 60%
Sunrise: 6:55am
Sunset: 6:02pm

Submitted from eBird for Android, version 2.12.1

Totals

24
Species Observed
+3 other taxa
12
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Eurasian Oystercatcher

    Number observed:  2

  2. Red-wattled Lapwing

    Number observed:  1

  3. Greater Sand-Plover

    Number observed:  1

  4. Whimbrel

    Number observed:  2

  5. Slender-billed Gull

    Number observed:  15

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  6. Black-headed Gull

    Number observed:  800

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  7. Pallas's Gull

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Adult breeding plumage

  8. Sooty Gull

    Number observed:  200

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  9. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  X

    Details

    Probably also barabensis but need to check

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  10. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Heuglin's)

    Number observed:  2

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  11. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Steppe)

    Number observed:  70

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  12. Little Tern

    Number observed:  1

  13. Common Tern

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    All in non-breeding plumage, one with mottled grey underparts, several with grey rump and tail, others with entirely dark old primaries, others with fresh, entirely pale silvery primaries. Upperpart colours and tones change as they turn in flight, rump and tail change from white to grey. Likely all are Common, nothing that points to White-cheeked Tern being among them.

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  14. White-cheeked Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Just one, non-breeding plumage.

    Possibly more.

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  15. Sterna sp.

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    All in non-breeding plumage, one with mottled grey underparts, several with grey rump and tail, others with entirely dark old primaries, others with fresh, entirely pale silvery primaries. Upperpart colours and tones change as they turn in flight, rump and tail change from white to grey. Likely most are Common with maybe one or two White-cheeked among them.

  16. Lesser Crested Tern

    Number observed:  4

  17. Great Crested Tern

    Number observed:  10

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  18. Great Cormorant

    Number observed:  6

  19. Western Reef-Heron

    Number observed:  4

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  20. Isabelline Shrike

    Number observed:  1

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  21. House Crow

    Number observed:  40

  22. Crested Lark

    Number observed:  2

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  23. White-eared Bulbul

    Number observed:  4

  24. Common Myna

    Number observed:  6

  25. Indian Silverbill

    Number observed:  2

  26. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  20

  27. White Wagtail (White-faced)

    Number observed:  2
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