Review of the Week: 13–19 April
An Alpine Accentor was all too brief in Hampshire and a Cape Gannet was sensationally photographed in the Azores.
An Alpine Accentor was all too brief in Hampshire and a Cape Gannet was sensationally photographed in the Azores.
The Chestnut Bunting lingered, a male Pied Wheatear entertained in Suffolk and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet was found in the Azores.
The Wilson's Warbler lingered to the weekend, Norfolk was dripping with 'Sibes' and Corvo was littered with 'Yanks'.
A Yellow-legged Gull in Kensington Gardens, London, has been creating some debate. Superficially it resembles a Yellow-legged Gull from the Azores (known as 'Atlantic Gull' or 'Azorean Yellow-legged Gull'), but opinion is split. Identification expert Martin Garner asks the questions and provides some answers to this intriguing bird.