Same everywhere, now is the time for return Lesser Black-backed Gull passage as they flee the cold western Mediterranean and head for sunny old Scandinavia. Now what's that all about

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 16:34, 2008-04-06

On the Birchwood Pool at Moore LBB's outnumber all the other gulls.

Yesterday over 1200 LBBG's flew north over Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield, in the early afternoon. There are movements on a daily basis over here, directly north-south. Moore Landfill is directly south of Skitters. Yesterday over 99% of the gulls were adult. Though I probably missed some among higher flocks, I only saw 3 Herring Gulls. During the period there were 50+ high-flying LBBG's going rapidly south.