Sadly, I’m not sure that description will cut it when the rarities committee consider your submission.
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There was at least one spotted near there in December
With that additional information the record should sail through.
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White headed, with a relatively light brown body all over. Could well believe a 2m windspan, given its size relative to the road (it was maybe 3m above the road).
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Sounds good.
Like a flying barn door is an often used description. (not to rarity committees, obvs) but “very” broad (and long, of course) wings are a key feature.
A few Dunlin in their immaculate juvenile plumage were feeding around Brough Lodge jetty today.
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One of the Red-throated Diver nests I’ve been monitoring have a chick and it’s growing fast
They had two but they seem to have lost one. Disappointing, but by no means unusual.
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Largest seabird in the North Atlantic. With a 6’ wingspan, Gannets in flight are an impressive sight.
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What an amazing shot!
Impressive bird (and image).
That’s a superb image Paul - amazing looking birds.
Gives no idea of scale, which is no reflection on the great shot
I will never forget sailing near Ortac rock (close to Alderney)
(We had swapped charts from the Channel crossing to Approaches to Alderney and forget to change the scale so got a bit closer than we intended.)
There is a huge gannet colony on the rock and to see them feeding at close quarters and the speed they hit the water in the dives is amazing.
Unforgettable.
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The surviving Red-throated Diver chick seems to be growing by the day, another week or so and I reckon it will be as big as the adult.
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I’ve followed Pete Walkden for ages on twitter and his photographs of the White Tailed Eagles in and around Mull are phenomenal - this one is from a couple of years ago but check that wingspan 
The closest I’ve ever got to one in the wild was when I was youth hostelling on Skye in 1984 and sitting on the beach at Broadford when one swooped down over my head to get a fish - fucking shat myself as I never heard a thing and the size of it was incredible.
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Lovely shot Paul
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This one stopped off at M&S for a meal deal and flew home shortly after.
Marks and Sparks in Kidderminster? Gregg’s more like 
Nice views of a summer plumage Great Northern Diver, this pm.
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