Late January/early February 2022
Various things colluded to restrict my wanderings, but I did increase my Norwich walk-to-work mammal list for the year to three, following on from Grey Squirrel (just about everywhere) with Brown Rats in Wensum Park and a Rabbit in Chapelfield (seemingly a bizarre location for one, but it appeared to be wild type rather than a pet and I have seen a couple nearby once before). A darkish mantled gull at Wensum Park didn't look quite right for Yellow-legged, and it appears the local consensus is that it's a Lesser Black-backed x Herring Gull.
I've not yet got into the swing of much invertebrate hunting, but a check of a small Pine tree on my way home from work (hoping for Striped Ladybird) turned up a couple of rather elongated aphids, which I think were Eulachnus rileyi.
Almost looks like a Ring-billed Gull, James! ;)
ReplyDeleteHa, if only! Another Norwich Ring-billed Gull would be very welcome, the UEA one was before my time and I've never caught up with one elsewhere.
DeleteOne of the few benefits of being old, James! I've seen three in Norfolk! ;)
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