Herts Spoonbill - 8.6.18

Spoonbill

Mediterranean Gull

Just 5 days after seeing 5 Spoonbill in Norfolk I was twitching another one. This time in Herts at Amwell NR. After having missed the last twitchable one at Wilstone by 20 minutes some 15 years or so ago I passed up on a trip to Surrey for Nightjars and headed east. I arrived on the viewpoint and soon after I picked out the adult Spoonbill in the trees on the island opposite. It showed well on and off for a while before flying off high south and in doing so became my 250th species in Hertfordshire! A ringed summer plumage Mediterranean Gull was also present.