July is always a good time of year to see Common and Black Headed gulls taking advantage of the numerous insects found on umbellifers.
They have keen eyesight to see the insects feeding on top of the plants then swoop down to pick them off. You wouldn't really think there would be enough in a insect but they came back over the same patch time and time again.
I have now seen this south of Mainlands, and Grutness where several gulls swooped down at the same time. The warm weather has no doubt helped in providing an abundance of insects.
Its sad news from down in England with Bird flu reported from the Kittiwakes at Bempton and even worse at Croquet Island where 10,000 BH gulls have died and 50% of the Roseate Terns, 4,000 Sandwick Tern chicks have also passed away.
Along the Aberdeen coast line another 1,000 dead birds have been picked up. Its only going to get worse as migration starts and birds start to pass through these infected areas in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and Africa
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