Holy Blue, Ural Owl (!!) & a flock of 45 Med Gulls

A Holly Blue was on one of the bushes in our front garden this afternoon and posed briefly nicely but had gone by the time I retrieved my camera. A visit to the excellent Myhill garden nurseries out at Fritton this afternoon, where I picked up a new top for the bird table, a bug hotel, some new plants including Strawberry plants, some Buster James and Queen CDs at at the fleamarket and a visit to the Owl sanctuary where it was good to see Geoff W with a fantastic Ural Owl on his arm. A bird we heard but didn't see in Estonia but I have seen a wild one in Finland. The Owl Sanctuary takes in unwanted captive birds which can't unfortunately be released back in the wild. At 5pm, I saw a large flock of 45 Mediterranean Gulls flying over the garden probably feasting on flying ants. Nearly all, 43, were adult birds with 1- 2nd year bird and 1 juvenile bird. The interloper in this flock was 1 Black- headed Gull, they then drifted north.